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Microfiche 

Series. 


CIHM/ICMH 
Collection  de 
microfiches. 


Canadian  Institute  for  Historical  Microreproductions  /  Institut  Canadian  do  microreproductions  historiques 


Technical  and  Bibliographic  Notes/Notes  techniques  et  bil  /iographiquas 


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original  copy  available  for  filming.  Features  of  this 
copy  which  may  be  bibliographically  unique, 
which  may  alter  any  of  the  imagea  in  the 
reproduction,  or  which  may  significantly  change 
the  usual  method  of  filming,  are  checked  below. 


□    Coloured  covers/ 
Couverture  de  couleur 

□    Covers  damaged/ 
Couverture  endommagee 

I 1    Covers  restored  and/or  laminated/ 

LJ    Couverture  restaurie  at/ou  pelliculAe 

□    Cover  title  missing/ 
Le  'itre  de  couverture  manque 

Q    Coloured  maps/ 
Cartes  g^ographiques  en  couleur 

□    Coloured  ink  (i.e.  other  than  blue  or  black)/ 
Encre  de  couleur  (i.e.  autre  que  bleue  ou  tioire) 

□    Coloured  plates  and/or  illustrations/ 
Planches  et/ou  illustrations  en  couleur 

□    Bound  with  other  material/ 
Reii^  avec  d'autras  documents 


D 


D 


Tight  binding  may  cause  shadows  or  distortion 
along  interior  margin/ 

Lareliure  serree  peut  causer  de  I'ombre  ou  de  la 
distorsion  le  long  da  la  marge  intdrieure 

Blank  leaves  added  during  restoration  may 
appear  within  the  text.  Whenever  possible,  these 
have  been  omitted  from  filming/ 
II  se  peut  que  certaines  pages  blanches  ajoutAes 
lors  d'une  restauration  apparaissent  dans  le  texte, 
mais,  lorsque  cela  itait  possible,  ces  pages  n'ont 
pas  iti  film^es. 


L'Institut  a  microfilm*  le  meilleur  exemplaire 
qu'il  lui  a  ixi  possible  de  se  procurer.  Les  details 
de  cet  exemplaire  qui  sont  pout-itre  uniques  du 
point  de  vue  bibliographique,  qui  peuvent  modifier 
une  image  reproduite,  ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  une 
modification  dans  la  m^thode  normale  de  filmage 
sont  indiquAs  ci-dessous. 


□    Coloured  pages/ 
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□    Pages  damaged/ 
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□    Pages  restored  and/or  laminated/ 
Pages  restaurees  et/ou  pelliculees 

r~~]    Pages  discoloured,  stained  or  foxed/ 


D 


a 


Pages  d^colorees.  tachetdes  ou  piquees 

Pages  detached/ 
Pages  detachees 


[~T]    Showthrough/ 


Transparence 


Quality  of  print  varies/ 
Quality  inigale  de  I'impression 


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Comprend  du  materiel  supplementaire 

Only  edition  available/ 
Seule  Edition  disponible 

Pages  wholly  or  partially  obscured  by  errata 
slips,  tissues,  etc..  have  been  refilmed  to 
ensure  the  best  possible  image/ 
Les  pages  totalement  ou  partiellement 
obscurcies  par  un  feuillet  d'errata,  une  pelure, 
etc..  ont  6t6  film^es  A  nouveau  de  facon  a 
obtenir  la  meilleure  image  possible. 


The 
to  t\ 


The 
posi 
of  tl 
film 


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beg 

the 

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sior 

orii 


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whi 

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enti 
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Additional  comments:/ 
Commentaires  supplementaires; 


Map  was  inverted  for  filming. 


This  item  is  filmed  at  the  reduction  ratio  checked  below/ 

Ce  document  est  film*  au  taux  de  reduction  indiqu*  ci-dessous. 

10X  14X  18X  22X 


26X 


30X 


y 


12X 


16X 


20X 


24X 


28X 


32X 


The  copy  filmed  here  has  been  reproduced  thanks 
to  the  generosity  of: 

La  Bibliothdque  de  la  Villa  de  Momr^sl 


L'exemplaire  film*  fut  reprodult  grice  i  la 
gAnirositA  de: 

La  Bibliothdque  de  la  Ville  de  Montreal 


The  images  appearing  here  are  the  best  quality 
possible  considering  the  condition  and  legibility 
of  the  original  copy  and  in  keeping  with  the 
filming  contract  specifications. 


Les  images  suivantes  ont  M  reproduites  avec  le 
plus  grand  soin,  compte  tenu  de  la  condition  et 
de  la  nettetd  de  l'exemplaire  filmA,  et  en 
conformit6  avec  les  conditions  du  contrat  de 
filmage. 


Original  copies  in  printed  paper  covers  are  filmed 
beginning  with  the  front  cover  and  ending  on 
the  last  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  ir '^ses- 
sion, or  the  back  cover  when  appropriate.  All 
other  original  copies  a-e  filmed  beginning  on  the 
first  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
sion, and  ending  on  tho  last  page  with  a  printed 
or  illustrated  impression. 


The  last  recorded  frame  on  3ach  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  —♦«' (meaning  "CON- 
TINUED "),  or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  applies. 

Maps,  plates,  charts,  etc.,  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  i^atios.  These  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method: 


Les  exemplaires  originaux  dont  la  couverture  en 
papier  est  imprimie  sont  film6s  en  commenpant 
par  la  premier  plat  et  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
derniire  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration.  soit  par  le  second 
plat,  selon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  exemplaires 
originaux  sont  filmte  en  commen^ant  par  la 
premiere  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration  et  en  termSnant  par 
la  darniire  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 

Un  des  symboles  sulvants  apparattra  sur  la 
dernidre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
cas:  le  symbols  — ►  signifie  "A  SUIVRE",  le 
symbols  y  signifie  "FIN". 

Les  cartes,  planches,  tableaux,  etc.,  peuvent  dtre 
filmte  A  des  taux  de  r6duction  d^ffdrents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  Atre 
reprodult  en  un  seul  cliche,  11  est  film6  d  partir 
de  I'angle  supdrieur  gauche,  de  gauche  d  droite, 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  n^cessaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  m^thode. 


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:==-.:-  0/jrii  cuttings  on  ditto 

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C  C   Lower  Copper  fteef 

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tj       Sewells'  Uvt  f   on  a  lode 

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d       Ley  ft  on  a  qi/artz  course 

F      FrenrofUls    Shaft 

G      Harvey  lidl  Shaft 

e       Ten  fathom    cro.fs  cat  (g  teyd 

H      h'ents  S h/ifl  with  tevel  on  bed  A 

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/( t  fieservoirs .  k  Dressing  floors 

/  I    Jdffcs  of  tfifrttmti^A'  '' 


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ISOV'S  ADIT.I 


Section  on  mc  Line  CD. 


N°2 


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PROFILE    OF  THE    WORK    NOW    IN     PROGRESS 


Section  N°  I. 
D,&iayatcc  to  tfteaf/il  -n  hUs/  \li<i/l.-i  S,;iiru' 
.v/t»fi.-.-1^t.  !p/Jercoi>/)ri  hrri  .0.,'<in-rl/s  /o,/r  " 
(ftieirfz  rourse  - (iAnot/ifift/ur/rfr.  min-.-ir  _ 
.  .  t  .  .  .,   c.,i,„    ..,/,,^,,  -  ,,  rt.rje'ritiil  rfi/j/irr  nrrr  . 
r.fZloi-est  heff-  KhWttrrntfi,  rjfrt/fn. 

Secrion   N°  2 . 
/.  t.nrt  qt'MorrLsan.';  aHic   H,  A'/i/ZX-  .it„i/t, „■///,  i 
f/irrr  rross-crtf.f.-  .UIJ  'f.'tjfr  ro/jppr  //fff  .  ~ 
llfi.Srcnnfjt  copper  htrl .'-  Cr:/,or\-r.'if  hr,/  .  - 
,r  T?drty,/a^ho,„  cross  c„r-„_r»,/r„/,o,„  ,,„.,,. 
(II f.-  II  r,  Puarcr.  courses  oricin.s. 


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18(3;j. 


INDEX 


n!i:r.iMi\Ai;v  notks,  kijom  a  si;(()M)  vi> 


PnL'i- 


I!i;i'i)i;t  or  iiki;i!i;i;t  wii.i.iams,  i;s(».,  .MA.\A(ii:i!  at  tiik  .mini; 

Sli;    \V.\I.    K.    r,(i(;A\,    (II  IKK    (IK    TIIK    (iK(lK(  ICK  Al.    >KI!VKV 


OK (AN AHA . 


A.    ri!K(;().\I.\(;,    IX,).,    (iK(ll,()(ilST,   KdiniKIM.V    IN     I'lIK    K 
I'l.oV    «iK    .MK»i;s.   ,l(i|l.\    TAVI.OU   &    SONS,  l.dXDoX..., 


1() 


PKdKKssdi;   (■i;(ii;,;i;    i.  (  iku  k,    ok   lUiow.v 


l"MVKI!>ITV, 


l'i;(IVIl)K\(  K 


l>i;.  A.  SIIITill.KKK,    liKddKI.INK 

.1.    (.    iloADI.KV,    KS(^,    A(,K\T    oK    \K\V    liK 


iiKdiin  (<ii'i'i;i; 


(-(IMKANY. 


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ITIdS.  .MA(  lAKI.ANK,  KS(i.,    l..\TK   .MA\A(.K|;  dK  TIIK  A(  Td.\ 


MINK 


<ii:dl!(.K     II.     IMKIt(  K,     KS(J.,     .MANACKi;     dK     TIIK     IIAKIKAX 


>[|.\K,  (  .  v. 


<ii;d|:(,K    II.    I'IK1!(  K,    IX 


i;   (  iVIl,    KNdlNKKi; 


14 


1  )!.><( OVKIiV  dK  Mdl.VliDKM  .H 

liKPdUTdK  TIIK    KlUKi  TdltS  OK  TIIK    KN(;|,|SU   AM)   (AWDKW 


-All\|.\(i 


Cd.MIVWV    Kdl!    Is 


KIKMS    KI!(.\I    TIIK    liAKANCK   .<HKKT   OK    TIIK    K.\(. 1,1.-11    AM)   (  ANAI 


)|.\.\ 


IIIM.Vd  (OMI'.WV,  Kd.NKdN 
KKI'dliT  dK  DIt.  (  .  I.  ,1  A(  K.-dN  . 
STATI.-TK  .■< 


(11 


S|>K(  lAI.  (ll.MMKI!  Klid.M  (  ,\.\AI)IAN  f.dVKlt.N  MK.NT 


HARVEY    HILL   iMINE, 


iniiii' 

llll'ilSUl'l' 


I'lJKI.lMIXAIJV    XOTKS,    FROM    A    SECmi)    VISIT. 

'''-'"•'Ki.iNi:,  Mav  i'.'),  Isi;;]. 

f.KNTl.KMKN:    Ilavino;  nv.uh  a  s,rond  visit   (<.  the  Ilarvrv  Hill 

.Muu.    o„    ,lH.   ni.u.t.vntl,    a,„l  hv,.nti,.th   of  Mav,  in  r.m.panv 

with  Mr.  Jluratio  Hip-lnw,  uiul  Mr.  .lani.s  IJ.rk,  of  I!,,.,,',,    it 

lia>nr..unv,l   to  ,n.  t„  ...11  y„„r  ult.-.iti...,  to  ......  or  tu'o  points 

o     nnportance,   wlnelt   were    left   unto,ielie,l   in    the    previous 
liejioris.  ' 

'''';;■  <  '""|)nny  oNvi,   tr„   aeivs  of  huui  o„  the  East  Jlranrh  of 
1'"'   lalnier  Riv.t,  .hstant   on.'  and  a  ,,uart,T  mih-s  Iron,  the 
'■•  ^^'ll'  111.'  ri.uhr  of  way  for  a  tram  road,  to  he   scLrto.!  at 
'''''"   '^  '^  iiev.'r-lailiiiu'  stream,  and   her.'  ir  is  pr„. 
iH's.Ml  to  .Mvet  a  stani).  mill  an. I  svashin-  iioors.     Thrv  iiave 
tlK-   n,-ht    to  huihl  a  (him   :;<)(.  H.,.t  h.n-,  l,v  :;o  \W\  in  hoh-ht 
«''l'i'"l<'  or  aflimiino.,  at  k.ast.  .10  imrs.>-p,nv.M',  at  a  eost  mueh 
l^'ss  tlian  that  m.M.riv.l  hy  th.'  emphniucnt  oi   steam,  and  ^ulli- 
J'H'i.t  Tor  movin-  all   the  maehinery  us.hI  in  dressino^  the  ores 
'''"'•"<.v  Ihousaml  .hdlars  is  prohahly  ample  lor  the  eoustruetio.i 
ol  ihi'  ciitiri'  Work. 

As   th.'  .'Mimat,'   of  tl„.   , |,,,,.   ,,|'  ,]„,    i„,,>ps|ra!ili..d   h.>,l 

lui-ht  eonv.'y  ih,.  imprcssi.ui  that  th."  ore  wouhl  vn<v  after  th.^ 
exhaustion  of  ll.rty-<.n.>  arr.'s  ,,f  underlie,  or  in  ahout  twenty 
yars'  time,  it  seems  proper  to  state,  that  there  is  .werv  reasou 
'"  l"'liev,.  in  Ih,.  e..nlinuan.'e  ,,f  ||„.  ImmI  a.Tos-  lh..  entire  i.'n-th 
"I'  l!ie  Company's  prop,. ny.  — ahout  (;.i;(lO  f.vt.  — allhouuh  ,x- 
I'lorations  liav,;  not  lH',.n  carried  h,'y,,n,|  i'dr,  fatli,>ms  This 
wouhl  -iv.'  a  |,,ial  aiva  of  n.'iirly  :J(M»"  a..|...s  ,,f  th,'  h,.,|.  ,.,,ntaiii- 
'"-•  i"'.,u',limr  I,,   th,'  a,l,.pie,|   rule..    alM.ut   To  aeres  ,,f   ri.d, 

."■'' "'•  "!■  '''lou-h  1,1  last    !ur  thirly-hv,'  ,,r  forty  y.'ars.  ,.n  the 

lar-v  s.-ah'  of  woi'k  pr,ipose,l.  an, I  w,.rlh.  at  a  ii'ioiVrai.'  valua- 
tinn.  .^11..-,(I0.( )((().  This  eomputati,.u  is  from  li-iavs  niv,.u 
me  hy  Mr.  ||,.i.|„.rt  Williams,  the  mana-er. 


^^ 


4 


Altliougli  tlic  traiisportaliMii  of  this  (luantity  ol'  oro  to  the 
ruihvay  wouhl  Ihm'oiuc  worthy  of  scM'ioiis  (.'oiisidenitioii,  wore 
it  to  he  cai'i'iud  on  (hiring  the  early  sjiriiig  and  lall,  wIhmi  tlie 
roads  are  heavy,  it  ceases  to  he  an  olistaeh',  when  we  eon- 
sidei"  tiiat  thirlng  the  loiii;'  (/anadiau  winter  the  snow  offers 
nearly  all  the  advanta>i'es  of  a  ti'ani  road,  and  there  seems  to  l)c 
no  reason  to  douht  that  the  entire  annual  ])i-oduet  of  the  mine 
can  he  delivered,  with  ease,  at  Methot's  Station,  duriiiu'  that 
]»eriod,  at  one-tliird  less  than  th»'  estimates.  It  can  Ije  rei.dily 
hauled  lor  ^!t.00  ]ier  ton.  dui'inu'  the  i\vy  summer  months,  if  it 
were  important  to  meet  a  luLih  nnirket. 


Seven  months'  work,  from  O 


(•toiler  1,  lSi;:>,  to  .\hiy  1,  iSd 
h' 


IS  remai'Kaoi(>,  when  we  eon 


shows  the  following-  result,  which 
sider  that  the  eiilii'c  product,  with  the  exception  of  the  suhsi- 
diary  yiidd  from  the  "Fanny  Hliz;;  (iasli  Vein  Vniulu'i- Two," 
has  heen  derived  from  opening  the  h'vels,  no  stoping  having 
hoeu  done  in  the  mine. 

The   figures  ai'c   iu  gold  curi'cncy,  taking  copper  at   twenty 
cents  \)vv  pound. 

2,000  tons  of  -ll  ]>or  cent.  ore.  from  the  interstratified 
hed  ^ohtaincd  from  driving  levels),  at  ><4.00  per 
uni;       -         ...         - 

Deduct  (   .e-lifth  for  waste  iu  dressin 


>:<2S,000 
A.dOO 

.s4.oo() 
.•sl,s.4iH) 


]»alance       ------ 

Cost  of  dres>iug  hy  steam-[»owcr,  '^2.00  per  ton 

JJalance       ------ 

Carriage  to  I'oston.  at  -^lo  per  ton,  20  per  cent,  im 

]  Jala  nee       -         -         - 
Tottil  expenses  at  the  Mine  taken  from  cost  sheet.         isKl.SOU 


idO 


^14.-2()0 


J5alai 


.f  I 


nee  ol  liel   pl'olll  o 


n  iaterst ratified  hetl.     xil.lnil 


Net  profit  on  '•  fannv  Mli/.a.  NO.  : 
Sujiplies  on  hand,  paid  Inr  in  sev( 


ii  month 


.111)0 
I'll  Ml 


Net  pi-dlil  fur  seven  montli> 


*0.0l)0 


H 


esi 


iillv  voiir; 


Al'CiUSTINE  SUUllTLKFF 


HEPOKT   OF    IIKUiJKHT   WILLIAMS. 

Harvky  IIiij.  Mixes, 

Lekds,  ITthAj.ril,  1803. 

Dkai!  Sir:    1  ),avc   nuK'li  ].l.-i,sure  in  roniplviiio- with  vonr 
roquost,  hy  s.ihinittiii-  to    v.hi   the    full,, win- 'Kepnrt  on  tlio 
Harvey  JTili  GippL-r  Mines,  situate  ..n  tlu-  ITtii  Lot, in  the  L5tli 
lu.nge,  HI  the  Township  of  Lee,ls,  i,i  the  Countv  of  Me-antie 
Canathi  East.  '  (^        ^ 

The  natnre  ol'  tlie  nictainr.Toiis   (h. posits   discovered  liere, 
nsNvell  as  the  -eo],.ui.-al  structure  of  this  part  of  tlie  rountry' 
has  alieady  l)ee).  eareJulIy  (h'sorihcl    ly  Sir  W.  K.  Lo-an,  In' 
the  Oeolo-ieal  IJeport  of  Canada  for  tlie    year  iSfjS,  us  a'lso 
the  works  tlien  in  pm-ress,  witli  a  view  to  proviu-  i„  a  down- 
ward direction,  tlie  naturo  and  value  of  the  rich' cu]n-ifenms 
deposits  dis(,.vered  eroppino;  out  at  surface^  on  this  property. 
The  aeeunipanyin-   plans  and  sections  will   show  the  nature 
and  extent  of  the  ex])loratory  W(u-k  executed  on  the  property 
lip  to  the  present  time.      The  a.h't   marked  (D)  on  plan  has 
been  .lriven,altoo-et]ier,a].out  124S  fathoms,  and  although  some 
'piart^  courses  have  heen  )net  within  it,  similar  to  those  found 
at  surfice,  tiny  do  not  appear  t(.  he   in  any  way  connected 
with^  each  other,  as,  hy  explorations  upon  them  from  the  acht. 
we  li.id  them  to  thin  out.  both  verticallv  and  horizoiitallv. 


m 


ri'i'Ki;  UKii. 
<)ne  of  th(>  (piartz  courses  met  with  in  the  adit  was  found 
1o  lie  immediately  under  the  upper  interstratilied  bed,  at  the 
P"iiit  of  its  intersection  with  that  diiva-e  mark.«d(h,.  ]t 
earried  some  vi^ry  lidi  vitreous  copper  or(>.  whilst  the  bed 
ilself  presented  scarcely  a  trace  of  copjx'r,  and  could  onlv  he 
distinguished  from  the  adjacent  slates  by  its  character'istic 
lii;-ht  ■■•ray  P(»lor.  and  the  amount  ol'  (^uart/  and  chloriloid  dis- 
trilaited  thi-ouuh  it.  - 


SE((tXI>    IlKO. 


'I'lu,'  sccdiid  copiicr-licai'iii,!;'  Ix'il.  wliidi    coiistilutcs  t\\r  {(i[i 
)!' a   six-l'rt't   Iicd  (if  soiipstiim.'.  iiiark('(l  (  15 1  in  Srctinii    No.   2. 


iidt    Ihm'ii   met   \vith  in   tlic  adit 


am 


I    1    am    iuclincil   to 


lii'licvc  it    has   tliiiiiicil   out  hctin'c  n-ai-liiiij;-  tliat   dcptli.  as  its 
tiiitcrnp  at  surl'acc,  at  a  slmrt  distaiici'  tu  the  cast  oC  Fiviiioiit's 


ift 


-.Halt,  also   roas(.'s,  win 


k'  it  can  lie  traced  in  a  wustcrlv  direc- 


tion lur  a  distance  of  over  two  miles. 


Tin  tin  iu:i). 

At  alioiif  twenty  fiitlionis  fVoiii  the  extreme  end  of  the  adit, 
after  l>assin,^■  thnjngh  aliout  twehc  iiithoms  td'  a  dark  bliiisli, 
soft  seiiist,  a  li^'ht  gray  slate  Mas  met  a\  ith,  earryiiii;'  a  little 
copper  pyrites  ami  a  considcralile  amoimt  of  chloritoid,  and 
the  same  kind  of  ground  is  now  in  the  rwil.  '^I'his  last  liaiid 
is  irrciiular  in  its  di[),  which  is  in  some  places  !>")  and  40 
degrees,  and  in  others  10  to  14  de,uri-es.  Some  ((uartz  courses 
have  als(»  been  met  with  in  it,  one  of  which  has  been  i)artially 
exploreil.  and  yielded  some  ])ieces  of  copper  pyriti's,  \-aryinij;- 
from  one  to  three  and  fonr  jioiuids  in  weii;ht.  yielding,  by 
as>ay,  about  '11  ])or  cent,  ot'  pure  copper,  'i'his  mass,  from  its 
highly  mineralized  nature,  1  regard  as  of  gi'eat  importance  in 
tlie  futui'c  of  till'  umlertaking,  and  likely  to  carry  cojiper  in 
remunerative  (Quantities,  when  exploi'cd  at  other  jjuinta  of  the 
property. 

'i'i.i'  upper  interstratitieil  beil  wa<  fii'st  met  with  in  sh;  ■ 
marked  (('),  ( foi-merly  called   gi-a<s  slialt   No.  2,)  at  a  depth  of 


!)0  feet  from  su ri;i< 


It 


has  snice  been  met       ith  m 


Kent' 


shaft,  marked  (TI),  which  is  distant  j'rom  the  former  about  170 
fathom-,  and  at  a  depth  fi'om  sui'liice  of  al)out  20  fathoms.  It 
has  also  been   intersected   bv  a  cross-cut  from  the  same-  shaft, 


at  a  deiith  of  ;->0   fathoms,  and   I 


oiiowei 


1  in  the  ilii'i'cfioii  of  it: 


dip  frou!  the  20   fathoms  to  the    .'10   fath.aiis    level,  a   distai 


ice 


1)1    ii\-cl' 


iO  fathoms  on  the  incline:  and  we  are  now  I'ollowing 


it  to  the  I'i- 


e  oi   ine 


ift, 


as   well  as  on   its   coui'se  (jasi   and 


west,  from  the  20  and   ;iO   fithoi 


IIS    |e\-e 


The    distances   at 


]irescnt   driven  in   the  latter  le\el<  is  ovim' 40  fathoms,  and  in 


resciir   iiriveii  in   tin 
the  former  2S  tathoms. 


Ill  tliu  eai-ly  part  nl'  I; 


the  20  ijltlloiiis    level,  wliei-u    1 


i>r  vear  an  i>x 


0 


ponmont  was  made  at 


ni'ukt'li    and    wei; 


lit'd    Was  lound  t 


.Oil 


(.■acli   cwt..)  (,r  three   and  a  half 


IIS.  Ill    ciipnei-    t 


.'^tipcrlieial  l'atlK>nis  ul'  j;T(iund 

rao'c  2')H  vwt.  (of  112 

pvr  cent,  on-,   e.pnd  t(» 


o  avi 


II    llie 


the  (li-c  hi'iikeii  I'yuin  t\ 


II-'  ••{()  liitl 


per  rent,  nf  copper,  thu- 


Ihthiini  of  -mujid   lirokcn.     And 
iiiiiis   level  avera,uvs  aiiout  five 


111  the  (jiialitv  of  the  mass  as  it  d 


iiiwiii^-  a  vei-v  niarki'd  iiiiprovi'nienr 


In  d 


I'seemls. 


nvinu'  the  .'{O  fitl 


^\'lth  a  K'litienlai-  eonr: 


loiiis  (Toss-ent  IVoni  the  shaft 


we  met 


I'  III  quartz  similar  to  t 


in  the  (Jeol,,,i.i,-al   Keport,  and  olitaiiied  from  it  a  1 


tons  ol"  dresrieil  or 


lose    relefi'ed  |o 


ittle  over  ")(> 


e,  avera^'ni"'  almnt  1 


i  per  cent,  of  i.'oppor, 


"I'DIMXC 


111  stopin^-  thi 


s  Iroiii   tlie   iiaelc  o 


tl 


V  oi  riie  le\-ei,  we  ioiind   it  ti 


tliiii  lint  as  it  approached    the    interstratilied    Led.  and 
iiig'oii  thennderlavol'thi'  hed.  1 


111    Sllll 


level." 


a  marked  poverty  w 


etweeii  the  20  and  ;',0  fati 


lOjIlS 


IS  ohservahle  on  oaeli  side  from  tl 


point  at  whhdi  the  ,p,art/.  eonrse  dropp,.,!  from  it 


111  the  end  d 


riving-  east  on   the  lied  1 


we  met  with  another  I 


rolii   ,".(»  iiithom.s   level. 


di])  of  the  lied, 


eiiiieular  course  strikin-'  partly  on  tl 


and  wliieli  li'niii  It,- 


thi.- 


■d  continuation  <ir  splice  of  the 
on  its  ctnirse  for  a  ilisianee  o 


position  mav  I 


le  reu'ardeil 


diout  !ij!!)00,  and 


loriner.      AVe    have  lollowed 
i'  liver    I;;   fathoms,  at  a  .   ist 


iihtaiiied  aliout    12  to    M  tons  of 


itiateil  Worth  !^2..")0().      W 


ore,  esti- 


wliere  We  find   it  avera,-vs  from  IS  inel 


are  now  stopini;-  it  alono-  the  botton 


les  to  2  feet  wide,  ami 


IS  estimated   worth  aliont   S200   per  fathom.      1   mav  I 


m.irk,  that.at  this  point,  we  i 


I  ere    re- 


erty  of  flu'  hed  occiirrine'  in  t 


lave  apmi  an  instance  of  the  pov- 


le  mil 


course,  i,iid  similar  to   that 


iieiliate  Vicinity  of  a  ipiartz 


'Ik'  iidir.     'Idiese    tiicts   ,:;-o  far  to   st 


liefore  referred   to  as  i 


net   with   111 


;'ested  liv 


\V 


I'en^'then    the    tli 


t'orv  siiii'- 


i,u-aii.  '■  that  t 


their 


II'  ipiartz  Course 


•■upper  from  tiie  interstrat 


ileiive 


ilied  heds:"  and  1  am  stroii-ly 


'f  "piiiiiiii   that,  in  the  workin-  awav  of  the  lied 


masses  will    he  freiiii 


tl 


lese   iicli 


expiM't 


I'll   iroiii   tliciii 
I"  >'i"'  drivages  on  the    hed  we  I 


liii'iilly  met  with,  and  great   profit  may  lie 


lave  met   occasioiiullv  with 


$ 


])iitcln 


iiniirtz  iiiibcddcil  in  the  slates;  these  tire  also  leii- 


tieiihir  in  I'unii,  exteiidiii;;'  in  lcnj;'th  from  a  few  iiielies  to  six 
and  seven  feet,  and  in  thiekness  IVoni  u  (piaiter  til'  an  inch  to 
eight  and  tvn  inelies  ;  and  in  the  20  fathoms  level  we  have 
met  with  siime  as  nuicli  as  two  feet  tliiek  that  would  average 
about  seven  or  eight  per  cent,  of  copj-'er  in  their  rough  state 
as  liroken,  whilst  the  adjacent  slates,  for  a  thiekness  of  five  to 
six  H'ct,  would  average  aliout  five  to  six  per  cent,  of  eo[)[tor. 
In  these  masses  of  ([uartz  we  lind  some  purt;  samples  of  the 
very  rai'e  metal  molybdenum,  which,  upon  in(piiry  of  Dr.  T. 
Sterry  Hunt,  chemist  and  un'iieralogist  to  the  Geological  SuiWey 
of  this  province,  I  learn  has  found  several  apolieations  in  the 
arts,  notwithstanding  its  scarcity,  and  is  worth  about  $3.45 
per  pound. 

The  form  aiul  great  purity  in  wdiicli  this  rare  and  valuable 
mineral  occurs  here  leads  mo  to  the  o])inion  that  some  nuanti- 
tiea  of  it  may  be  met  with  in  the  working  of  the  interstrati- 
fied  beds. 


Notwithstanding  the   fact  that 


ou 


r  operations   up    to   tl 


10 


present  time  have  been  conlined  almost  exclusively  to  explor- 
ing the  property,  the  following  (luantities  of  ore,  averaging 
about  ;>.")  per  cent,  of  copper,  have  been  met  with  and  shipped 
from  this  mine  to  Knuland. 


Tons     C\\*.      Qrs.    I.bs. 


1858 
185!) 
18G0 
18(;i 
18(;2 


1 


0 


104 


7  0  21 
.")  ■}  0 
4       1       (5 


!I4     17 


21 


Total        .         .         .  322 

We    have    at    grass    about    1.000   tons    o( 
halvans  to  dress,  worth  in  th(>   rough  about  l.l   per  cent,  of 
copper.     We  have  also  about  loOO  to  2000  tons  of  stulf  ob- 


kimpnigs 


and 


taineddui-ing  the  winter  from  our  d 


rivages  on  the  interstrati- 


fied  bed,  woi'th  between  4  and  o  peT  cent,  of  copjtei-,  besid 


es 


about  12  to  14  tons  of  ore  tak 


ken  Irom  a  (piartz  course  duriuj. 


the  winter,  and  estimated  worth  about  $2,500. 


9 

r„  11,0  onrlv  part  or  l.„  ,v,a,.  „„,     .„vi,„-i„l  „„v.,„„„.„t 

.^..  a  .,„„,  „,  ,.,000  ,„w,„,i,  ,i,„  c,„„r.Mi„„  „,■:,,„„,;:! 

mu  a.,1  ..,„,,„  v,„«  s„,co,l„.t,v,.,.n  tl,i.  i„„.„.|,i,,  „,„|  Mo  l,„f, 
■■^    h"„  ,„,  ,1,0  (i,,,„.l  Tn,„k  liaihv,,,,  „,„,  ,  |,J.,      J^^ 

.nl«aj      ,11  1,0  l„.,so„oa  al,„„t  „„o.ti,i,-,l,  „,.,!  tl,o  .-hai-.-o  for 
a,.s|,„,,„„.  „,„    ,,„  ,,,„  „,„  „,„^^  „  .„  ^^  ,o,»o„c.,  "t  ,ou 
tlie  same  proportion. 

is  Jl'I'^d '"rt^  '"""""'' ''"  ^'"'^'^^"'^  ••"^-  ^'^t--t'-atific.l  beds, 

ic  llTx    ^  7-nt  high  rate  or  wages  paid  in  this  dis-' 

c     the  ext.aon hnary   ow  price  at  which  the  ores  fi-on.  thi. 

e  .0  d  lor  ,n  Kn^^and  a  few  n.onths  ago,  and  the  present 

1^  J    and  carriage  to  the  railway.     And  as  a  veay  consider- 

■  '^    adNance  nmy  be    reasonably  expected    in  the  r.rice  of 

cc.pper,and  a  large  reduction  in  the  price  of  labor  when  this 

Trl^-'l"^"'''''"^-  '''"""'■'    ''''''  '^'''^'^y  ^^^ttled,  and  the 

f.lb  one-thn-d  the  present  rates  when  the  road  to  Methods 
Mat.on  .s  opened  the  Hgures  here  set  down  n,ay  be  taken  as 
.1  salt  bas.s  of  calculation,  presunn-ng  that  the  mine  will  bo 
opened  out  e.pml  t..  a  yield  of  100  tons  per  day.     Hence, 

100  tons  of  ;]>  per  cent,  ore  per  dav,  at  84.50  per 
unit  ))er  ton  .  ..,  ...-  „^ 

J^cs!,  los^  -n  dressmg,  say  one-lifth     .         .     $31.3  OO 
Less  breaking,  raising,  and   deliveiing  to 

dressing  floors,  at  $4.00  per  ton 
Less  dressing,  at  .$1.7.1  per  tun., f  rough  ore 
Less  agency  .•md    contingencies,  25    cents 

per  ton 

Less  freight  and  carriage  of  14  tons  of  20 
].er  cent,  ore  from  the  mine  to  IJoston  or 
England,  at  $15.00  per  ton     .         .        .       210  00 

1,125  00 

Profit  per  day  .         .        .         .         .        ;  ^^^7^ 

"InVh,  at  the  average  of  300  working  .lays  in  the  vear.am.umts 
to  ;r  100,000,  without  taking  into  account  the  rich  masses  that 
2 


400  00 
175  00 

25  00 


<•!.« 


10 


will  1)0  met  with  in  Wdikiiig  nway  tlio  lied,  and  wliicli  Avill 
give  vory  large  prolits  on  the  amount  that  may  bo  expendoil 
in  their  extraotion. 

In  reviewing  the  prospects  of  the  mine  gonorally,  altliongli 
the  openings  at  Kent's  shaft  at  the  present  time  ri'preseiit  an 
area  of  abunt  1,000  fathoms  only  of  the  bed,  its  extension  to 
shaft  (c),  a  distance  of  170  liithoms,  is  fidly  identified  ;  and  as 
its  outcrt)p  along  tlio  surface  can  \<v  traced  for  a  distance  of 
over  500  fathoms,  I  am  strongly  of  ojiinion  that  it  Avill  extend 
over  a  very  uiuoh  greater  area  of  the  (Vmipnny's  property, 
and  when  the  other  l»eds  shown  on  plan  arc  fai'tlior  explored 
they  will  be  found  equally  valuable  to  the  one  already  proved 
to  be  so  rich.  ' 

I  am,  Sir,  your  ob't  Serv't, 

HERBERT  WILLIAMS. 


11 


EXTRACT   FROM    REPORT   OF  SIR   W.   E.    I,0(JAX, 

Ah  puliliHlipd  In  the  fioolotrlciil  Ucport  of  (  iinndii  for  Ii    ;. 

Ill  Leeds  llie  (■()i)i)('i'-l)oai'iim-  rocks  urc  exposed  in  n  u'roat 
nuinlji  !•  of  pliiees,  and  luivo  licen  more  earefnlly  cxiiniined  tliau 
In  any  other  locality  along  this  synclinal.  Tlu?  oxi)lonitions  at 
the  Harvey  Mill  Mine,  on  the  Seventeenth  Lot  of  the  Fifteenth 
Kanu'c,  now  the  property  of  the  Endish  and  Canadian  Mining- 
Company,  are  the  most  extensive  which  have  as  vet  l)e(Mi  mado 
in  the  eastern  townships.  The  shafts,  and  the  h)ng'  adit  which 
has  been  opened,  aflltrd  an  opportunity  not  elsewhere  present- 
('il  foi-  studyin<r  the  structure  of  this  mining  region,  and  it  is 
])roposed  therelore  to  give  a  detailed  descri]>tion  of  this  mine. 
The  accom])anying  plan  a  .d  sections  are  reduced  I'rom  draw- 
ings furnished  to  the  Survey,  ou  a  scale  of  one  inch  to  a  chain, 
l>y  Mr.  Herliert  Williams,  the  skilful  director  of  the  Harvey 
Hill  Mine  ;  who  has  also  kindly  given  many  details  to  com- 
jdeto  the  description.  The  co])per  ores  at  this  locality  occur 
both  in  courses  or  veins,  and  in  heds.  The  strata  are  here,  for 
the  most  part,  liuely  micaceous  slates,  which,  frcmi  their  unc- 
tuosity,  are  often  called  talcose,  hut  are  generally  not  mag- 
uesian.  A  hed  of  steatite  is  however  met  with,  and  dark 
hands,  approaching  to  ai'gillite,  o.cnr  in  some  pai'ts,  while 
others  ar(^  whitish  or  light  gray  in  color,  and  contain  a  large 
amount  oi'  chloritoid  disseminated.  Tlu>  dij)  of  the  strata  aj)- 
pears  to  he  from  2.")  iU^^x,  to  SO  deg.  W.  of  N..  -^^''h  an  average 
inclination  oi'  li-om  lil'leen  to  thirty  degrees,  i  courses  ai-e 
really  ii-n-gular  and  interrupted  veins,  which  do  luit  coincide 
with  the  strata  either  in  dip  or  strike.  The  lieai'ings  of  eight 
of  them  are  from  north  to  \.  '20  deg.  E.,  while  others  I'un 
nearly  eastward,  'i'heir  underlie  is  generally  to  the  westward, 
at  from  lifty  to  nearly  ninety  degives.  These  veins,  which  ap- 
pear to  hive  lilled  up  llssures  in  the  slates,  an-  more  or  k'ss 
lenticular  in  shape.  Some  of  them  have  been  traced  for  as 
much  as  lOO  fathoms  on  the  sui-tace,  and  are  occasionally  six 
or  seven  feet  wide  in  the  thickest  part,  thinning  out  however 
hoth  horizontally  and  vertically. 


!.f' 


12 


Those  veins  liavon  fraiifuo  or(|imrl'/.,n(M'asioni)lly  luisi'd  with 
i'nk:-s|iiir,  i)i'nil-s|)iir  aiul  chlorite,  aiid  (Miiitiiiii  rich  ores  oC  ci>|i- 
jM'r;  sdiiic  of  thciu  yicl(liii]L2:  the  vaiic^iit».'tl  ainI  vitreous  spe- 
cies, and  others  copper  |tyri|is.  Tlics(>  are  soiuetimi's  so 
aliiiiidaiit  that  ms  iimcli  as  two  tons  of  "20  jier  cent,  ore  have 
heen  olitained  from  a  fathom.  Within  an  area  of  aliout  tiiirty 
ncros,  opi'ii  (■nitini's 'i!i\('  lieni  n.  mIc  upon  as  many  as  llfleen 
distinct  courses,  and  shafts  liavi;  lieeii  siinl<  upon  two  otiiers. 
Notwitlistiindiiiu'  the  riclmess  of  portions  ol'tliesc  veins,  the  ore 
is  disseminated  in  them  ii,  such  an  irreiiidar  and  uncertain 
manner,  that  they  are  consi(h'i'ed  secondary  in  importance  to 
the  intei-stratilit.'d  beds,  in  whicli  tlie  sulphurets  of  copper  are 


disse   'inated   in   the  sliit 


e  roc 


Tlie  lirst  of  these  lieds  has  a 


tiiicl<ness  of  Irom  two  to  six  feet.  Twenty  fiitiioms  Itelow  it, 
occurs  a  hed  of  tlu'oe  inelies,  folhiwed,  in  th'sccMidinu',  liyfil'teeu 
feet  of  luirren  shtte.  Tiiis  se[iaratcs  it  from  another  ore-lx-r.r- 
int!"  iied  of  six  inclies,  wlneh  I'csts  upon  a  stratum  of  soapstone 
or  stmitite,  six  leet  in  tliickuess.  In  the  phuis  iuid  descriptions 
here  tiiven,  the  stratum  of  steatite,  witli  tlie  two  hiyers  of  cop- 
j>er-hearinir  rock,an<l  tlie  interveninii'  fd'teen  feet,  will  lie  repre- 
sented as  a  single  hand,  and  de^i^'nati'd  as  the  second.  'J'his 
Ijand,  characterized  by  the  lnjd  of  steatite,  can  ho  traced  for  a 
distance  of  two  miles  along  the  outcrop,  hut  is  lost  sijiht  of  to 
tlie  eastward  of  Fremont's  shaft.  An  adit  lias  heen  earriecl 
horizontally  into  tla;  side  of  a  hill  for  a  distance  of  ■24S  fathoms, 
intersectiiiii'  in  its  course  the  (ipj)er  be!,  l  he  second  l)cd,  how- 
ever, Avas  not  seen  in  the  adit,  and  is  perhajis  displaced  i»y  some 
lault  in  the  strata.  Near  the  placi  wlioi-e  it  niiuht  have  liccu 
looked  for,  a  (piai'tz  course  occurs.  Several  of  these  courses 
were  met  in  the  adit,  hut  they  appeal-  to  have  no  connection 
with  those  at  the  siiiTace,  ami,  accordinu'  to  Mr.  Williams,  thin 
out  both  vertically  and  horizontally.  At  ai>out  twenty  fathoms 
I'rom  the  extremity  of  the  a<lit,  aflei'  traNcrsinti'  aiioiit  twelve 
fathoms  of  soft,  dark  liluish  slati',  a  liulit  u'l'cy  band  was  met 
with,  hohliim'  chloritoid,  and  a  little  c(»pper  jtyrites.  A  rock 
similar  to  the  last  also  occurs  at  the  end  of  the  ailit.  ami  <'oii- 
taiiis,  liesides  a  little  disseminateil  ore,  some  (piartz  courses 
holdiuL!'  copper  pyrites.  This  band  oi'  ti-rayish  chloritoid  slate 
is  marked  C  in  the  [ilans.     The  strata  in  this  part  rA'  tla;   adit 


IS 


appear  iiiucli  distuilM'd  ;  niid  ilic  dip  vnii.'s.  l.ciiij--  in  some 
places  iVom  lO  .Ic-.  to  14  de^-.,  niid  iu  otiiors  Ihnu  «*>  dc^r.  to 
■10  dt'jii'tx's. 

The  iiifci'slni(irn'd  hcds  coiiiain  flie  yellow  and  Viirie;^'atod 
ores,  (li(!  liUt(;r  uviienilly  predoiuiiiafiiiu'.  These  sulphiuvts  iir,' 
•  lisseiiiiiiati'd  throii.iiv  flic  slatf  in  small  masses,  ot'leii  of  a  leii- 
tieiilar  lurm,  nmiiiiin'  uiij,  d,,.  Iieddiiiy.  'I'liey  arc  uciierally 
(hill  and  small,  hii)  s(»melimes  allaiii  from  (iiic-liali'  Id  three- 
loiirths  of  an  inch  in  tli; 'kness,  and  oeeasioiuilly  present  in 
section  a  lenii'tli  of  six  or  even  twelve  inches.  Hesides  plates 
and  Icnticnlar  masses,  which  intcrlm-k  and  overlap  one  an.o- 
ther,  nnmerons  small  <i'rains  of  ore  ari!  seuttered  thronii'h  the 
Ipcds,  and  the  averatic  amount  of  copper  in  the  laver  mav  ho 
stated  at  from  three  and  a  half  to  live  per  cent.  'J'lic  copper- 
licarinji'  heds  are  sometimes  li-ht  liiay  and  (jnartzose,  and  have 
at  times  a  ehloiitie  aspect, 

111  the  sec'ond  shaft  of  >forrisoirs  adit,  the  nppei-  copper- 
liearim;'  hcd  was  met  with  at  a  depth  of  fifteen  fathoms.  Im- 
mediately heneath  it  was  lonn<l  a  <piartz  coni'se,  whi(rli  con- 
tained some  very  rich  copper  ore  ;  while  the  lied  itself  at  this 
point  held  scarcely  a  trace  of  copper,  and  conld  only  lie  tlis- 
(in.unished  from  the  adjacent  slate  liy  its  lijLihtc'r  color  and 
tpiartzose  nature.  In  sinkinu'  Kent's  shaft,  which  is  aliont  170 
iathmns  to  the  westward,  the  same  lied  is  met  with  at  a  depth 
of  alioui  twenty  fathoms.  It  has  also  Itwn  intersected  liy  two 
levels  or  ci-oss-ciits  from  the  shaft,  tlu;  lower  at  thirty  fathoms, 
and  followed  npuai'ils  for  a  distance  of  over  twenty  I'athoms  on 
the  incline.  The  workiiiL^  of  the  heil  is  now  licinu'  continncd 
np  toward  the  shaft,  as  well  as  cast  and  west  from  tin,'  thirty- 
fathom  level,  where  it  has  heen  wronniit  for  aliout  twenty-live 
fathoms  on  its  strike,  ^ind  for  ten  fathoms  in  the  level  aliove. 
Ill  the  cai'ly  part  of  llSti^,  ten  snpei'licial  fathoms  of  the  rock 
from  this  upper  level  wcw  broken,  weiii'hed,  and  sampled,  and 
were  found  to  avci-aue  2oS  hiindred  weight  of  ore  yielding 
three  and  a  half  jK-r  cent,  of  copjicr  (e(inal  to  over  1000 
jioiinds  of  metal)  to  the  fathom  of  ground.  The  ore  now 
removed  from  the  workinj^  at  thirty  fathoms  averajies  aViont 
live  per  cent,  of  copper.  In  drivinu'  the  lower  cross-cut,  a 
lenticular  (|uartz  course  was  met  with,  I'rom  which  there  wore 


.•^. 


14 


taken  over  lil'ly  Un\s  ol"  rich  oic,  \  icldiiiii'  rcrly-llirec  per  cent. 
ll  tliinned  out  as  it  a))|)n»aclie(l  the  in!  I'stratified  hed  ;  and  on 
woi'kini:'  tliis  en  the  incline,  it  was  Iwnnd  to  lie  ai'eatly  ini- 
V  some  distanci>  on  either  si(h>  of  its  contact  with 


t)o\('i'ishi-(|  1(1 


the  (inai'i/.  coni'S'  .     In  (h'ivini!'  cast  on  t!ie  In-d,  IVoni  th(!  liiirty- 


latliom  U'vel,  anotliei'  h'nticuhu'  ([iiail/,   course  is   juet 


with. 


ninninu'  nearly  with   tlie  di|t  of  the  lied,- whidi  hist  is  ahnost 
destitute  ol'  copjier  on  lioth  sides.     The  course,  howe\  (M",  ^vllich 


is    lieinu'    lolliiwed,   an<i    1 


las    a    oi'ea( 


hh  of   from   eiditeen    to 


tui'nty-foui'  incites,  yields  ahoul  a  ton  anil  i\  half  of  foi'ly  per 
cent,  ore  to  liie  fathom,  'i'liis.  with  the  olhei'  two  instances 
already  mentioned,  scimhs  to  show  that  these  veins  or  courses 
liave  lieen  iilled  with  ore  derived  from  the  lied.      In    wi»rkiim' 


thi^ 


III  I 


lieu,  massi's  ol   ( 


t.     Tl 


juaitz  are  occasionally  met  with  imiiedded 
lese,  which  ai'c  proliahly  in   some  cases  courses   I'un- 


:iinL2'  with  the  strata,  and  in  others  small  li'iiticular  heds,  vary 
from  a  W-w  inches  lo  six  or  .•even  feel  in  lenuth,  and  I'roni  a 
»Hiarter  of  an  inch  to  a  foot  or  two  in  thickness.  They  con- 
tain, on  an  averau'c.  I'roiu  se\en  to  ei;;ht  per  cent,  of  co|ijH'r; 
while  the  adiaci-nt  slale,  foi'  a  thickiiiv-s  ol'  hve  or  six  feel,d 


oes 


not  coiitaiii  more  than  hve  per  cent.  1  he  various  workings  lu 
Kent's  shaft  may  he  said  to  have  tested  the  hed  over  an  area 
oi'  o\ei  (i(MI  s(piare  I'athonis  :  while  the  extension  of  this  same 
hed  to  the  adit,  a  distance  of  170  fathoms,  and  tlu'  fact  that  it 
has  lieen  traced  along  its  outcrop  Ini'  n"ire  than  .")(><)  fathoms, 
show  that  much  may  he  expecteil  f, 
hi-ariiig  hed. 

In  some  courses  in  this  working,  a  consideralile  (|Uanli(y  of 
sulphurel  of  nioiyhdenum  is  I'ound,  with  a  lillle  coppei'  ore,  in 
a  gaiigue  of  ipiartz  and  liillei'->par.  \ol  unfrcfpieiilly  these 
course^  hold  hii'Lie  masse--  of  the  coiiper  ores,  which  are  sonie- 


.vorlcing  this  copper- 


time-;  perfectly  pure  and  homogeneous,  and  at  other  times  ei 


<'lo>e  clea\alile   masses  of 


liitter-spar,  <ir  ol    limpid  transparent 


(|iiarl/.  giving  lo  the  ore  a  |i(irpliyritic  aspect.    'I'his  ipiartz,  on 
examination,  is  found  to  he  in  regular  prismatic  crystals,  whiidi 


however   iia\e   then'  alleles  round 


111   <ine  ( 


ase  a   mass  of 


liv  sexcral  lernii- 


compact  variegate<l  copper  ore  was  peiielral 

iiated   prisiii'<  of  (piarlz.  from   one-fourth   to  one-half  an  inch 


16 


in  dianu'tcM-.  All  tlie  aniilcs  of  tlioso  were  inucli  rouiHlcd. 
and  tlu'  planes  ol"  tlic  civstals,  uliicli  were  in  cliisc  contact  witli 
llic,  ore,  wci'o  concave,  and  liad  lost  their  ]»olisli  ;  retaiiiin<r 
only  a  somewhat  greasy  Instre.  |irecisely  like  crystals  wliieli 
have  lieen  exposed  to  the  acti(»n  of  a  solvent  li(piid.  A  thin, 
shining,  green  layei',  apparently  of  a  silicate  of  coppt>r,  covei's 
tlie  surfaces  of  tli('  ore  in  contact  with  the  crystals.  Sinular 
specimens  of  (piariz  iiave  lieen  found  in  the  vitreous  copper 
ore  of  this  locality,  and  also  at  tlie  Ham  mine. 

Fremont's  shalt  was  suid\  upon  a  (puirtz  vein,  which  had  an 
underlie  of  7")  deg.  to  tlie  eastward.  Aft(U-  following  this  for 
Ibrty-livc  feet,  the  underlie  changed  to  tiie  westward,  still  with 
the  same  angle  ;  hut  the  shalt  heing  c(Mitinued  vertically  for 
seventy-live  feet  moi'c,  the  second  e(ipper  bed,  with  its  under- 
lying stratum  of  steatite,  was  met.  The  layer  in  contact  with 
the  steatite  was  excavated  for  live  fathoms  ou  the  incline,  iti 
the  course  of  which  the  vein  from  the  surface  was  again  met 
with.  At  the  l)oltom  of  the  incline,  a  hjvel  was  driven  in  the 
l>ed  for  aliout  live  fathoms;  and  the  cop|)er  ore  licing  continu- 
ous throughout  these  distances,  its  preseuce  may  be  said  to  lie 
shown  over  aliout  twenty-live  stpiare  fathoms  of  the  hed.  In 
some  [larts  of  this  working,  the  cojiper  ore  is  found  in  the 
steatite ;  a  layer  of  which,  several  inches  in  thickness,  some- 
times liecomes  a  highly  crystalline  iiwvn  talc,  holdinu'  hitter- 
spar,  and  rich  in  disseminated  sulphurets  of  copper.  The  shaft 
at  (1  was  suid;  upon  a  (piartz  course,  which  aliouiided  in 
vitreous  ore.  In  a  cross-cut  from  this  shaft,  at  a  depth  often 
fathoms,  a  second  (piartz  course  was  met  with. 

The  following  (juantities  of  ore,  averaging  about  thirty-five 
per  cent.,  have  within  the  la<t  live  years  been  shipped  from 
this  mine  to  Knuland.  'i'he  fractions  of  tons  are  here  disre- 
garded. In  ioixS,  to  tons:  in  l.s.V.i,  4:]  tons;  in  l.stiO,  104 
tons;  in  iSlil,  70  tons,  and  in  iSdii,  Jlo  tons,  equalling,  in  all, 
''V2'l  tons  of  ore.  in  addition  to  this,  there  was  at  the  surface, 
at  the  close  of  lSl'i:2,  aliout  lOOO  tons  of  poor  material,  sup- 
posed to  contain  about  two  and  a  half  per  cent,  of  copper; 
liesides  AOO  tons  of  material  raisetl  from  the  upper  copper  bed, 
and  containing  from  four  to  live  per  cent,  of  copper. 


'<*..' 


w 


UErOllT   OF  A.   TREGOXIXG. 

Tlu'  following  Report  was  siihmitti'il  to  the  Knglish  and  Canailian  ^Mining 
Ciiiiipaiiv  of  London,  ICngland,  liascd  njton  an  cxaniiuation  of  tlu;  mine 
made  a  year  ago.  Altliougli  considurablo  change  has  lieeii  made  in  the  ap- 
pearance of  the  mine  by  increased  openings  since  that  time,  it  has  been 
thouglit  advisabU' to  a[>j)cnd  it  here  ;  — 

1-s,  Clarexdo.n  Road,  Nottinc;  Hill, 

London,  W.,  8lh  AwjuM,  18G-.>. 
"\VlLLL\M   Stohart,   Esq., 

Secretary  English  and  Canatllmi  Mininfj  Co.  (Limited), 
30  Broad-Street  Buildlnga,  Londim,  E.  C. 

Pm :  In  accordance  witli  instructions  received  from  yon,  I 
proceeded  to  Canada  in  ^[ay  last,  and  have  carefully  surveyed 
the  mineral  projierties  |jelongin,i:,-  to  the  English  and  Canadian 
Mining  Company,  situate  about  forty-eight  miles  south  of 
Quebec,  in  the  township  of  Leeds,  county  of  Megantic,  Canada 
East. 

The  freeliold  ]>ro])erty  belonging  to  this  Company  in  the 
above  township  is  aliout  four  thousand  acres,  and  although 
strong  cupriferous  mineral  indications  have  been  discovered 
at  various  pdints,  the  principal  mining  operati(»ns  have  been 
confined  to  near  the  summit  and  on  the  northern  slope  of  that 
pai't  of  tlu' Company's  proi>erty  t'alled  Harvey's  Hill,  on  Lot 
17  of  the  15th  Range    {fklc  ^Map). 

The  gcologi(.'al  formation  of  this  part  (d'  the  alnive  township 
is  "Talcoid  Mica  >Slates,"  which  Imm  their  lustre  are  called 
"  X'^acreous  Slates,"  and  arc  of  the  Quoboc  GiMup,  Liwer 
Silurian.  These  slates  are  in  bands,  varying  in  rolo>'  from 
deep  to  light  blue,  bull',  and  pearly  white;  they  underlie  to 
the  north-west  at  about  20  degrees  I'rom  the  horizon,  and 
some  of  them  are  thickly  studded  with  chloritoid,  and  one 
near  the  ridge  of  the  hill  is  nnudi  diargedwith  steatite,  and 
is  known  as  the  '■  Soaj)stone  Red.'' 

In    these    slates   have    been   discovered    sonic    remarkable 


I 


'Lenticular  Mast 

UTS,  and  ther^o  oivs  i.n.s,.iit,  with  the  slates  in  which  tl 


les"  and  "  Inicrstratiiied    JJcds"   of  cupper 


are  embedded,  geological  features  totally  dilf.TL'nt  I 


lev 


ot 


th 


roni  tli(is(^ 


;'eneral  nnniiig  districts  ul  Northern  Europe,  hut   may 


be  considered  a  type  of  an  cxtei 


ive  cupriferous  t()nuation 


peculiar  to  this  part  of  Lower  Canada,  and  which  tl 


I  ere  are 


strong  reasons  Ibr  believii 


we 


alth. 


ig  contains  a  vast  deposit  of  nn'nenil 


From  the  appearance  of  the  co])por  ores  wlu^n  discovere<l 
at  the  snrtiice,  they  were  supjwiscd  to  be  the  '■outcrops"  of 
what  in  depth  would  prove  regular  an<l  well-defined  lodes,  as 
they  did  not  coincide  with  the  slates  either  in  strike  (»r  din: 
but  after  being  opened,  and  yielding  sonui  consideralile  oi 
titles  of  valuable  (eop])er)  ores,  they  were  ibtnid  t 
from  their  centres  both  horizontally  and  vertically,  and  d 
pear,  having  assumed  the  li)rni  of  lenticular  masses,  variabk- 
HI  size,  and  succeeding  each  other  at  irregular  intervals,  and 
principally  comi)osed  ol'  (piartz,  associated  with  ricl 


[uan- 

o  thin  awav 


ls;il>- 


i  ore 


and 


bitter 


spar, 


In  tl 


u'ir  occurrence  and  productiveness  thev  wil 


es  in  which  the\ 


proltably  bo  governed  liy  the  bands  of  slat 
are  embedded.     The  probable  avi-rage  size  of  these  lenticular 
masses  is  from  GO  to  72  feet  in  length,  by  30  feet  in  hei-ht, 
and  at   the  coitre  from  'J   to  4  feet   in  thickness. 


ui\- 


some    are    mucii 


Thev 


ai'e 


exceed  these  limits,  ainl 
finally  variable  in  product,  as  some  have  only  yiehled  a  i'vw 
liundred-weight  of  ore.  while  others  have  given  several  tons. 
About  300  tons  of  Copper  ores  have   been  raised  from  work- 


ing's made   on  tl 


lese   masse 


woi'th  about    cCO.OOO.      Of   tl 


IIS 


i|uantity  aliout  <!0  tons,  coiitaii 


IIIL 


from  ;J0  to  -K)  jier  cent,  of 


coi>per,  have  been  olitained  from  the  "Fanny  Eli/a"  alone 
which  has  been  discoveriMl  aiul  worked  at  a  depth  of  ;i(t 
tiithoms  fnMii  the  surliice,  by  a  cross-cut  from  Kent's  shaft. 
over//  2'>'oirs  a  slnrfidar  hikI  iiiqtoiiant  Jhi- 


T/iiis  vabnible  dist 


tnrv  of  tills  tiitcrjirm',  mnl  one  i/rcafl//  in  i/s  j'n-of,  iiamelv 
that  the  lenticular  mass  liuiiid  in  the  (hrjiesf  poi/if  has  yielded 
the  ij  rent  est  qninitt'tf/  of  rich  ore,  and  from  its  ajiiiearance,  and 
the  liivorable  geological  character  of  the  nacreous  slates, 
there  is  every  reason  to  believe  that  at  a  jreater  ikjAh  these 


18 


"luutinilar   masses  '    will   be    iuuml  to  increase   in  size  and 
productiveness. 

Ill  siiikiii,n'  Fremont's  sluift  to  prove  one  of  these  "lenticu- 
lar masses,"  the  soapstone  l)e(l  previously  referred  to  was  in- 
tersected 90  i'eet  I'rom  the  surface  wiiere  some  portion  of  it 
carries  copper  ore  between  the  laiuinic  of  the  rock.  About 
720  feet  iinrtli  of  this  bed  another  band  of  slates  has  been  in- 
tersected ill  -No.  2  Grass  shaft,  at  a  depth  of  about  70  feet, 
where  the  ore-bearinp;  portion  of  the  slates  is  termed  "inter- 
stratified  bed."  It  i.s  at  this  point  about  G  feet  tliick,  and  from 
it  G  tons  of  good  ore  have  been  obtained, "  dressed  "  and  shipped. 
The  orey  portion  of  the  bed  in  this  J^haft  terminates  abruptly 
in  descending,  but  appears  to  enlarge  on  its  westward  course 
towards  Kent's  shaft  (924  feet  west  of  Grass  shaft),  in  which 
the  same  or  a  similar  kind  of  bed  has  also  been  discovered  at 
the  20,  24,  and  30  fathom  levels.  At  the  first  level  it  has  a 
thickness  of  12  feet;  the  ujiiier  portion  near  the  "hanging 
wall"  carries  yellow,  and  tlie  lower  or  that  on  the  "foot  wall," 
purjtle  co])per  ore.  At  the  24  or  second  level,  the  same  size 
and  pecidiar  division  of  the  ore  is  observable  ;  an  excavation 
of  about  10  cubic  fathuiiis  has  been  made  on  the  lower  portion 
of  the  bed  at  this  point,  the  ore  i'rom  which,  after  being 
roughly  '•  pickeii  >)ver,"  produced  135  tons,  containing  three  and 
a  half  per  cent,  of  Clipper.  At  the  180  feet  level,  the  thii'kness 
of  the  bi'd  has  not  as  yet  been  ascertained.  From  the  present 
appearance  of  this  bed  yoUr  sn])i'rinteiuleiit  and  myself  are 
of  oiiiuion  that  when  it  is  projierly  opened  the  ore  can  be 
raised  liir  abdut  eighteen  shillings  per  ton. 

In  (M-der  to  arrive  at  a  more  definite  and  correct  oi)inion  of 
the  value  and  extent  of  tiiese  beds,  we  would  stro)!//!//  advise 
your  having  10  or  20  tons  of  the  135  tdiis  relerred  to  above 
sent  to  this  country  h<  be  tried  by  Mr.  Henderson's  patent 
jirocess  for  tlie  extract  ion  of  caiqicr/roiii  taw  inrcoitatje  ores; 
in  the  mean  time,  we  would  urge  the  continuance  of  Morrison's 
adit  cniss-cut  level,  to  prove  the  soajistone  bed  in  depth, 
and  also  the  drivage  of  the  cross-cut  from  Kent's  shaft ,at  the 
ISO  fuet  level  through  the  "interstratilied  bed,''  and  to  open 
levels  on  its  course  east  and  west,  to  prove  its  continuance, 


regulanty,  and  value  at  this  dopth,  as,  in  tlic  event  of  its 
proving  satisfactory,  and  Mr.  Henderson  sliowing  that  his 
process  can  he  successfully  apphYMl  to  the  treating  of  these 
ores  m  Canada,  returns  might  he  made  as  soon  as  the  re- 
duction works  are  estal.lishcd,  and  for  which  the  Company 
has  an  eligible  site  on  their  estate  near  the  mine,  on  the 
eastern  branch  of  the  Palmer  River,  wjiich  alfords  the 
necessary  water-power. 

In  conclusion,  I  beg  to  refer  you  to  the  accompanving  plans, 
epecimens  of  ores,  and  detailed  report,  fbr  further  particulars,' 
and  to  state  that  alter  a  canfal  examination  of  the  Company'^ 
propertu,  both  with  respect  to  the  rich  lenticular  masses  of 
ore,  and  that  occurring  in  what  are  termed  "  interstrafijicd 
beds,"  and  also  with  regard  to  the  jmition  of  the  mine, 
climate,  price  of  labor,  fnel,  c^-c,  and  other  conditions  that 
niigjit  affect  the  successful  working  of  the  enterprise,  I  am  of 
opinion  that  the  undertaking  is  one  of  considerable  merit,  and 
is  uyrthi/  ^f  «  vigorous  prosecution,  ended  by  an  a.deipiate 
capital;  to  accomplisli  which  I  would  advise  an  engine  shaft 
being  sunk  to  prove  in  depth  tlie  "  interstratified  bi;ds"  and 
highly  mineralized  nacreous  slates,  in  whicii  the  "Fannv 
Eliza"  and  other  "lenticular  masses"  of  rich  copper  ores 
liave  been  found.  This  shaft  should,  in  my  o])inion.  be  sunk 
so  as  to  prove  the  beds  and  slates  about  100  fatiiums  deeper 
than  the  lowest  point  already  reached. 

Some  good  returns  may  be  expected  from  the  "lenticular 
masses"  and  "interstratified  beds,"  especially  as  they  show 
such  evidence  of  increasing  value  as  greater  de])tir  is  ob- 
tained. 

1  remain,  ."^ir. 

Your  oiiedient  Servant, 

A.  TIIEGONIXG. 


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IIHPOUT   OF    I'HOFKSSOR  (JEORCJE   I.   CIIACE. 

(iKNTi.KMKN:  lu  tlio  coini)anv  of  a  j^arty  of  j-entlom(?n  from 
Boston  and  N-^w  J^cdfonl,  1  last  week  visited  and  examined 
the  Harvey  ilill  Aline,  situated  in  the  townsliij)  of  Leeds, 
Canada  Kast.  Mr.  Thomas  Maefarlano  of  Aeton  Vale  was 
also  of  the  party,  and  rendered  me  valuable  assistance^  in 
the  examination.  1  have  the  honor  to  sulnuit  the  following 
Rejjort :  — 

LOCALrrY   OF   THE    MINE. 

The  TIarvcy  Hill  Aline  is  situate<l  on  the  southerly  side  of 
the  Richmond  and  Quebec  Railroad,  in  a  direct  line  alxmt  20 
miles  from  it,  Init,  by  the  only  roads  ntw  open,  thirty-one  or 
thirrv-two  miles.  A  road  has  l)eeu  commenced  and  constructed 
part  of  fhe  way  between  the  mine  and  Mcthot's  Alills,  a  statioii 
on  the  railway,  which,  when  completed,  will  reduce  the  dis- 
tance to  a  little  more  than  20  miles.  As  the  roads  now  run, 
the  points  on  the  railway  nearest  to  the  mine  are  Craig's 
Road  Station,  lo  miles  from  Quebec,  and  IJecancour  Station^, 
41  miles  from  Quebec,  127  miles  from  Montreal,  and  27") 
miles  from  Portland,  Alaine.  Methot's  Mills  is  between  these 
stations,  and  by  a  properly  constructed  road  to  it  many  of  the 
dillicult  hills  which  cross  the  other  roads  would  lie  avoided, 
as  well  as  the  distance  shortened. 


HISTORY   01'  Tlir:   NINE. 

The  nunc  was  opened  in  1S.")S,  under  the  directimi  of  the 
English  and  Caiuidian  Mining  Company.  It  has  been  worked 
since  that  time  with  an  average^  force  of  aliout  tiO  hands.  ,  The 
object  kept  in  view  has  l)een  exjiloration  rather  than  the  taking 
t»ut  of  ore.  For  the  purpose  of  proving  the  lodes  ami  beds, 
shafts  have  bt'cn  ^unk  at  ditVerent  p(»ints  on  the  hill,  and  an 


adit  lias  lioon  earned  248  fatlioins  into  its  side.  Ore  to  tlie 
value  of  $r)0,000  has  been  taken  out  and  luiirketed  ;  while  the 
expenditure  upon  the  mine,  as  1  am  informed,  has  been  little 
Fhoi't  of  s200,()00. 

f^oiue  loOO  tons  of  rough  ore  arc  now  on  l»ank,  ready  for  tlic 
dressing-house. 


CirARACTIOIl    ()[•'   THE    FOP.MATIOX    IX    WHICII   THE    MINE    Ii^ 

Ul'ENEU. 

The  mine  is  situated  on  the  second  of  the  three  coi)per-bear- 
ing  Ijelts  whicli  extend  across  the  greater  part  of  Canada  East, 
iu  lines  nearly  ])arallel  to  tlic  St.  Lawrciieo.  The  lirst  of  these 
belts  includes  Acton,  Wickliam  and  Dui'luim.  The  ore  is  here 
chieliy  in  limestone.  The  second  includes,  besides  the  Harvey 
Hill,  the  Halifax  and  the  Hutton.  The  ore  in  this  belt  is  found 
in  slafe.  The  third  belt  includes  the  Ascot,  the  Ham,  and  the 
Ciarthby  ]Miiies.  The  ore  in  this  belt  occurs  in  slate,  with  more 
or  less  carl)onale  of  lime  intermixed.  These  three  belts  are 
believed,  l.iy  the  Canadian  geologists  who  have  studied  the  rocks 
of  this  province  most  attentively,  to  be  parts  of  three  great  syn- 
clinal folds  of  strata,  substantially  contemporaneous  in  origin, 
and  to  i)oint  back  to  a  period  during  which  deposits  of  copper 
were  iu  jjrogress  over  a  wide  area.  At  Harvey  Hill,  the  beds, 
which  consist  of  various  colored  slates,  have  an  easterly  and 
westerly  bearing,  with  an  underli(i  to  the  north  of  from  1.")°  to 
30°.  The  bed  containing  the  ore  lies  iipon  the  nortiierly  slope 
of  the  hill,  dipping  in  the  same  direction  as  the  hillside,  but  at 
a  greater  angle.  It  is  from  four  to  five  feet  iu  thickness.  This 
bed  is  of  a  lighter  color  than  the  associated  schists,  and  can  Ite 
easily  recognized,  even  where  it  cijutains  no  copper.  It  lias  a 
pearly  asjicct,  which  is  due  to  tiie  presence  of  mica  in  a  finely 
divided  state.  Although  no  fossils  have  been  discovered  in  it. 
or  in  the  including  strata,  it  is  believed,  like  the  other  coj)per- 
bearing  rocks  in  Canada,  to  belong  to  the  lower  division  of  the 
Silurian  series. 


NATURE   OF  THE   ORE. 


The  ore  consists  of  the  yellow  aiul  i>ur](lc  sulpliurots  of  cop- 
per, principally  the  formtM'.  it  is  sometimos  ajxirrro'atcd  into 
coiisideraiilc  ninsscs,  but  more  tre(|iu!utl}  occurs  in  tliin  lami- 
na} or  in  <i'rains  ditruscd  tiirnu.iih  the  rock.  That  portion  of 
the  hod  M-hich  lies  around  Kent's  shaft  (sec  accouijianying 
plan),  and  which  has  l)een  penetrated  and  ex|»lored  from  it,  is 
so  heavily  charged  with  ore  as  to  contain  on  an  average,  through- 
out its  whole  mass,  "I  ])Qv  cent,  of  co]»i)er.  Allowing  a  loss  of 
one-lifth  in  dressing,  this  rock  will  yield  2.2-1  tons  of  20  per 
cent,  ore  to  the  cuhic  fathom. 

Besides  this  cu])riferous  bed,  there  are  lying  beneath  it  (see 
plan)  two  other  Ijcds  which  contain  copper,  though  not  in  suffi- 
cient ([uantities  at  the  points  where  they  have  l)een  reached  to 
make  them  workable.  At  other  points  they  may  prove  richer, 
and  add  to  the  resources  of  the  mine. 

In  addition  to  these  interstratified  copper-bearing  l)cds,  there 
are  found  in  dilTercnt  parts  of  the  property,  without  any  appa- 
rent order  or  connection,  detached   masses  of  very  rich  ore, 
having  nearly  the  form  of  doulde-convex  lenses,  and  hence  de- 
si<>-natcd  as  lenticular.     The  central  iiortion  of  the  mass  is  scmie- 
times   several   feet  in  thickness.     As  you  proceed  from  this 
outward,  the  mass  grows  thinner,  until  at  the  circumference  it 
is  reduced  to  a  mere  edge.     Some  of  these  lenticular  masses 
arc  of  great  size.     From  one,  the  upper  edge  of  which  showed 
itself  at  the  surface,  100  tons  of  40  \)ev  cent,  ore  were  taken. 
Another,  met  30  fathoms  below  the  surfiice,  yielded  .50  tons  of 
45  i)cr  cent.  ore.     They  cut  the  horizon  for  the  most  ])art  at  a 
high  angle,  and  in  their  bearing  conform  more  or  less  nearly 
to  the  curvature  or  bend  of  the  hill.     Tlie  cojjper-ltearing  l)ed 
in  the  ncigbliorhood  of  these  masses  is  said  to  contain  l)ut  little 
oi-e  —  a  fact  leading  to  the  supi)osition  that  it  has  l)ecn  roltbed 
by  them.     These    lenticular   masses    occupy  what  were  once 
local  and  detached  fissures  in  the  rocks,  and  are  undoid)tedly 
the  product  of  segregation.     We  may,  therefore,  well  suppose 
that  when  near  the  cupriferous  bed  tliey  have  drawn  their  sup- 
plies of  ore  to  a  greater  or  less  extent  from  it.     Were  they  reg- 


m 

ular  ami  continuous,  tliey  would  bo  a  most  productive  sotirco 
of  the  richest  jiurplo  and  yellow  ores.  But  occurring  as  tiiey 
<lo  irregularly  and  wholly  (k-tached  from  one  another,  they  can 
be  regarded  as  only  incidental  and  acc'essory  to  the  jjrineipal 
and  permanent  sources  of  supply  in  the  copper-ljearing  beds. 
Such  as  showed  themselves  at  the  surlace  have  already  been 
taken  out,  and  have  furnished  most  of  the  ores  which  have  thus 
far  been  marketed.  Several  bi-low  the  surface  have  been  reached 
by  drifting  in  the  cupriferous  bed,  and  have  also  been  taken  out. 
It  is  only  as  they  are  met  with  in  this  maimer  that  they  may 
hereafter  be  expected  to  add  to  the  resources  of  the  mine. 


COST    OF     IIAISIXG,    DRESSIXO,    ANT)     MAUKETIXG     ORE     FHOM     THE 

CUPRIFEROUS   BED. 

It  is  believed  that  H.QO  per  ton  will  cover  the  cost  of  bring- 
ing the  rough  ore  to  the  surface  and  placuig  it  on  the  tioor  of 
the  dressing-house.  In  this  estimate  is  included  a  due  proj.or- 
tion  of  the  expense  of  the  drifting  and  exploration  necessary  to 
reach  the  ore.  If  we  add  .si. 75  per  ton  for  dressing  the  rough 
ore,  and  2.")  cents  per  ton  for  agent's  salary  and  contingencies, 
we  have  an  aggnigate  expenditure  upon  every  ton  of  rough  ore 
of  811.00.  Now,  allowing  a  h)ss  of  one-hflh  of  the  copper  in 
dressing,  —  wIiIlI.  is  not  too  nuich,  —  it  will  take  seven  tons  of 
y|  l»er  cent,  ore  —  the  average  of  the  bed  —  to  jn-oduce  one  ton 
of  20  i)er  cent.  ore.  This  will  therofijre  cost  1^42.00.  If  we 
add  81.00  for  boxes,  89.00  for  transportation  to  the  railway, — 
ihe  cost  by  the  roads  now  open,  —  and  8(>.00  for  freight  on  the 
railway  to  Boston,  we  have  for  the  entire  cost  of  a  ton  of  20 
per  cent,  ore,  delivered  in  the  market,  the  sum  of  8'")8.00.  The 
present  value  of  copjjer  ore,  reckoned  in  gold,  —  all  these  esti- 
mates are  made  ujton  a  specie  l)asis,  —  is  84.00  per  unit.  De- 
ducting half  a  unit  for  the  ditfercnce  Ijctween  the  dry  and  the 
wet  assay,  we  have  8TcS.OO  for  the  value  of  a  smelter's  ton  of  20 
per  cent.  ore.  If  we  subtract  from  this  the  cost  of  production,  wc 
have  a  net  i)ro(it  of  820.00  in  gold  or  830.00  in  currency.  On 
the  basis  of  the  above  estinuitcs,  if  we  sui)pose  the  daily  produc- 


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tioii  of  the  miiii'  to  1»L'  !()(»  tons  of  nrntfli  ore,  —  to  wliicli  it  is 
holiovc'd  it  mitiiil  without  dillieulty  Ik;  hroii^ht,  —  yioldiiig  l-i 
tons  of  '^n  |»ur  cout.  oi'o,  wo  luive  a  iii't  profit  per  day  of  >'2S<) 
ill  tidld,  or  of  •'ii'4'20  iu  ciirrciicy.  IJy  tiio  construction  of  a 
sliortcr  and  better  <iraded  road  to  the  railway,  the  cost  of  traus- 
Itorlatioii  niiglit  he  materially  reduced  and  the  profits  propor- 
tionally increased. 


QUANTITY   <)I'   ()I!K    IN   SKillT. 

The  only  part  of  the  mine  at  present  exhiliitinii'  bodies  of 
workal)le  ore  is  that  lyinji'  around  th(.'  bottom  of  Kent's  shaft. 
Two  levels  have  heoii  i)ushcd  from  this  in  either  direction  into 
the  cupriferous  l»ed,  one  at  the  depth  of  20  fathoms,  the 
other  at  the  depth  of  30  fathoms.  The  lower  level  is  a  little 
to  the  north  of  the  shaft,  and  is  reached  l)y  a  cross-cut  runniivj: 
from  it.  The  twenty-fathom  level  has  been  oxteiKh'd  alon^'  the 
course  of  the  bed  for  the  distance  of  30  fathoms.  The  thirty- 
fathor;  level  has  lieeii  extended  in  a  similar  manner  for  a  dis- 
tance of  50  fathoms  ;  these  two  jiarallel  levels  arc  connected  with 
one  another  liy  a  winze.  The  distance  Itotween  them,  measure 
on  the  incline  of  the  l)ed,  is  2')  fathoms.  Samples  of  ore  were 
taken  from  all  parts  of  these  levels,  with  the  ex(;cption  of  the 
eastern  extremityof  the  loweroiie.  —  which  is  unproductive, — 
from  tlu;  win/e  connecting  them,  and  also  from  a  drift  in  the 
rise  above  the  upper  level;  these  samples  were  found  to  contain 
U])0u  an  average  o^  lu'r  cent,  of  copper.  l['  we  add  to  the 
liody  of  ore  lying  between  these  levels  a  belt  along  the  outside 
of  each  e(|ually  exposed  to  view,  we  shall  havo,  not  less  than 
1,4S0  su|ierlicial  fathoms  of  ore,  which  in  minei''s  language  may 
be  said  to  lie  in  sight.  This. on  the  supposition  that  the  bed  is 
4]  feet  in  liiickuess,  —  which  I  think  it  averages, —  will  gi\o 
l,"lli»  culiic  fathoms  of  ore.  ^Multiplying  by  lO,  the  number  of 
smelter's  tons  in  a  fathom  (nearly),  we  have  t7,T<»0  tons  of  .'}.] 
per  cent.  or(\  Divide  the  product  by  7, —  the  numlier  of  such 
tons  reciuired  to  pioduce  one  ton  of  20  jjcr  cent,  ore, —  we  have 
2,r):.>T  tuns  of  20  per  cent,  ore,  worth  in  the  market  *ll)7,(S8G. 


2."> 


PRonARLK  vri:!,i)  of  the  mfxe. 


ir  we  su])))Oso  tlie  coitpor-lKMiriiiL'-  IhmI  to  uiidorlin  tin' oiitiiv 
iiortliorly  uiid  iioi-tlioastorly  slope  of  the  liiH  —  jbr  whidi  tliciv 
is  ju'ood  reason  —  it  must  have  aii  ami,  witliiii  the  limits  of  the 
l.roperty  of  not  less  than  t'20  acres.  The  lu-d  has  heeu  reaehed 
at  thre(!  dirtereiit  points,  at  its  intersection  with  Morrison's 
adit,  its  intoi'section  with  '•rass  shaft  No.  2,  and  at  its  intersec- 
tion with  Kent's  sliaft.  At  the  first  point,  it  wan  not  mel;dlif- 
orous;  at  the  second  point,  it  contained  copper,  !»nt  not  in 
suflieicMit  quantities  to  he  worth  working-.  At  the  third  point, 
and  along  the  drifts  extended  from  it,  tin;  entire  mass  of  tho 
rock  was  found  to  contain  an  average  f)f  8^  per  cent,  of  copjjcr. 
Jf  we  judge  of  the  whole  hcd  from  the  portions  that  havohccn 
reached, —  the  f)nly  hasis  we  have  for  forming  a  judgment, — 
out  of  the  area  of  120  acres  avc  may  expect  one-third,  or  40 
acres,  to  be  workalde,  and  to  I»e  as  highly  charged  with  cop])er 
as  the  section  lying  altout  Kent's  shaft.  This,  at  1,210  su])er- 
ficial  fathoms  to  the  acre,  will  give  48,400  superficial  fathoms, 
or  30,300  cuhic  fathoms  of  ^  per  cent.  ore.  Multiplying  l)y  Id, 
and  then  dividing  Ity  7,  we  have  82,971  tons  of  20  per  cent,  ore, 
worth  in  the  market  >'t),471,738.  To  remove  this  ore,  with  a  daily 
production  such  as  wehave  supposed,  would recpiirc  about  twenty 
years.  It  will  l)0  readily  understood  that  this  calculation  is  of 
probabilities  only.  There  may  bo,  in  the  unexi)lorcd  parts  of 
the  bed,  much  more  ore,  or  there  may  bt;  much  less,  than  the 
figures  wculd  give  us.  Their  pi'oper  and  legitimate  use  is  in 
guiding  and  restraining  conjectures. 

Before  the  jiroduction  of  the  mine  can  be  greatly  increased, 
more  extensive  arrangements  for  dressing  the  ore  must  be  pro- 
vided. Water  must  also  be  had  in  greater  abundance  than  can 
be  ol)tained  in  its  immediate  neighborhood.  1  should  recom- 
mend the  purchase  of  a  site  for  the  dressing-house  on  the  Palmer 
River,  only  Ij  miles  distant,  together  with  the  right  of  way  to 
it.  The  erecuiun  of  the  necessary  structures  here,  if  water- 
power  were  used  for  crushing  the  ore,  would  i)robably  cost  about 
820,000  ;  if  steam-power,  aljout  twice  that  sum.     A  tramway 


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wouM  have  to  l»o  coiistmctotl  botwocu  the  mine  iukI  the  drossing- 
liouso. 

Jii  coiidiisiDii,  permit  mo  to  say  that  I  liavo  visitotl  no  mliu' 
in  Canada  wliosc  jxTniancnt  character  s^oems  to  nie  to  he  so 
well  eslalilislietl,  or  whose  valiie  can  he  jilaecMl  on  so  reli'ji'le  a 
basis  of  calculation,  as  tlie  Harvey  Hill  Mine.  The  copiter- 
hearing  bed  in  the  nciglihoiliod  ol"  Kent's  shaft  has  proved  rich 
in  ore,  and  I  have  little  doubt  that  it  will  retain  its  richness  over 
a  wide  area.  The  unusual  thickness  of  tiie  bed  (4.]  feet)  makes 
the  removal  of  the  ore  eonijiaratively  easy  and  inexpensive. 
The  ollsets  to  these  advantages  are,  the  distance  of  the  mine 
from  the  railway,  and  the  dillicult  roads  over  which  the  ore  has 
to  Ije  conveyed  in  reachinj','  it.  Their  exact  measure  is  given 
in  liie  cost  of  transportation. 

Yours  truly, 
'  GEO.  I.  CIIACE. 

IjUown  r.MVEiwiTY,  May  o,  1803. 


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UEPOllT  OF  AUGUSTINE  SnCHTLEFK,  M.  [>. 


IJnooKLiNR,  May  5,  18G3. 

(lEXTLRMEX:  Aftor  the  f,.rep.inff  vory  al.Ie  iu,.l  oxliaustivo 
report,  luinlly  anytliing  can  bo  gracofuUy  added.  I  will  say 
theroforo,  but  a  word.  ' 

On  the  twcnty-sevonth  of  April,  in  company  with  Prof. 
Cliaco,  1  visited  tlio  Harvey  HHl  Mine,  and  assisted  in  the  rig. 
orons  examination  of  the  prui^orty  which  was  made  at  that 
time. 

The  samples  of  cupriferous  shale  were  collected  at  regular 
intervals  through  the  levels,  in  a  mamier  that  rendered  selec- 
tion impossible,  and  such  ai;  amount  was  taken  from  every 
part  of  the  i)ile  at  the  shaft-mouth  as  to  ensure  a  fair  average. 
The  assay  was  conducted  with  great  care,  and  several  times 
repeated,  furnishing,  in  my  opinion,  as  true  an  indication  of 
the  value  of  the  rock  as  can  jjossibly  be  attained.  The  csti- 
mates  based  upon  this  result,  and  u[)on  measurements,  both 
al)ove  and  below  ground,  are,  I  iim  conlident,  considerably 
within  bounds. 

Although  the  two  jjarallel  beds  are  not  counted  in  the  esti- 
mate of  the  property,  they  should  by  no  means  be  ignored,  as 
all  mining  history  would  go  to  show  that  at  points  they  may 
become  very  productive,  and  those  remarkable  gash  veins,  or 
lenticular  masses,  with  which  the  whole  hill  seems  to  be  per- 
meated, may,  from  time  to  time,  with  their  rich  massive  ore, 
add  materially  to  the  returns. 

Xo  one  can  visit  this  mine  without  being  struck  with  its 
great  cai)abilities.  Standing,  as  it  does,  upon  an  elevated 
point,  commanding  the  most  thorough  drainage,  with  this 
iiimiense  stratified  bed  «4"  copper  underlying,  "at  least,  one 
hundred  and  twenty-three  acres  of  its  area,  and  everywhere 
within  easy  reach  of  the  surface,  an  exiierienced  eye  cannot 
fail  to  be  convinced  of  its  brilliant  future.     Indeed,  the  pro- 


J.i, 


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duct  would  seem  to  be  limited  only  by  the  facilities  for  hoist- 
ing from  below. 

After  a  few  months,  when  the  new  working-shaft  shall  be 
completed,  its  daily  yield  will,  in  all  probability,  fully  equal 
that  of  its  justly  celebrated  neighbor,  the  Acton. 

EespectfuUy  yours, 

AUGUSTINP]  SHURTLEFF. 


21) 


REPORT  OF  J.   C.  IIOADLEY. 


New  Bedford,  May  G,  1863. 

Gextlemex:  In  compliance  with  your  request,  I  give  vou 
below  the  result  of  my  examination  of  the  Harvey  Hill  Coiiper 
Mine,  and  of  my  calculations  of  its  value. 

As  the  location  of  the  mine,  the  extent  and  nature  of  tlie 
explorations,  and  the  geological  formation  of  the  region,  will, 
doubtless,  be  fully  described  by  Prof  Chaco,  I  need  enter  into 
no  particulars  on  those  subjects ;  but  may  proceed  at  once  to 
a  consideration  of  the  quantity  and  value  of  the  ore,  the  cost 
of  mining  it  and  sending  it  to  market,  the  probable  profit  per 
annum,  and  the  total  value  of  the  property. 

1.  Quantity  of  Ore.  The  principal  value  of  this  mine,  so  ilir 
as  revealed,  lies  in  a  bed  of  shale,  talcoid  slate,  and  talc,  iii- 
terstratified  with  thin  veins  or  strata  of  copper  in  the  form 
of  purple  and  yellow  sulphurets,  the  whole  evidently  of  sed- 
imentary origin,  and  Ibrming  a  deposit  of  nearly  uniform  depth 
and  value. 

Deposits  in  all  respects  similar  have  been  cut  at  Halifax,  at 
Sutton,  and  at  other  })oints ;  an;^  the  evidence  is  very  strong 
that  a  bed  or  beds,  analogous  in  form  to  coal  measures,  will  be 
ibnnd  to  extend  over  a  wide  area. 

Two  conclusions  will  follow  tVom  this  consideration:  First, 
that  deposits  extending  over  whole  townships  nmst  underlie 
entire  tracts  below  the  outcrop,  in  the  direction  of  the  dip  of 
the  strata, liowever  deeply  covered  by  superimiKtsed  formations; 
and,  second,  that  the  deposits  inaij  be  expeeted  to  increase  In 
deptlt,  or  thlekness  as  tlu.'y  recede  from  the  outcrop  towards 
the  more  deeply  burled  portions  of  tlie  bed. 

The  first  of  these  conclusions  is  sustained  by  the  explora- 
tions. At  the  Kent  shaft,  an  area  of  about  one  and  one-quarter 
acres  has  been  explored,  by  a  gallery  north  and  south,  on  the 


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dip  of  the  bed,  30  fatlioms  in  length,  and  l)y  two  galleries  east 
and  west,  one  at  the  20  fathom  level,  31  fathoms  in  length,  and 
the  otiiev  at  the  30  fathom  level,  52  fathoms  in  length,  —  the 
whole  nearly  in  the  form  of  a  letter  If,  with  its  liorizontal  lino 
extending  north  and  sonth,  on  the  dip  of  the  bed.  The  bed 
holds  its  character  with  great  nm'fornn'ty  over  this  limited 
area:  this  fiict,  in  connection  with  the  nature  of  the  deposit, 
leads  irresistibly  to  the  conclusion  that  it  extends  to  a  great 
distance  below  the  outcrop,  although  possibly  broken  by  faults 
and  dis])lacements. 

The  ([iiantity  of  land  within  the  limits  of  the  property,  be- 
low the  outcrop,  is  said  to  bo  about  123  acres ;  and  as  the  dip 
of  the  bed  at  the  lowest  explorations  is  very  low, — no  more  than 
six  or  eiglit  degrees,  —  the  surface  may  be  taken  without  mate- 
rial error  as  the  measure  of  the  bed. 

The  depth  or  thickness  of  the  bed,  so  far  as  explored,  is 
from  4J  to  G  feet ;  assuming  the  smaller  depth  as  the  mean 
thickness  of  the  bed,  we  have  148,830  superficial  fathoms,  |  of 
a  fathom  in  thickness,  amounting  to  111,023  cubic  fathoms. 
What  abatement  should  be  made  from  this,  will  be  considered 
when  discussing  the  next  point,  viz.:  — 

2.  Valnc  of  the  Ore.  The  bed,  where  explored  by  the  galle- 
ries at  the  Kent  shaft,  was  found,  by  methods  of  sampling  and 
assay  (which  will  doubtless  be  fully  described  elsewhere,  and 
which  seem  open  to  no  objection),  to  yield  3.1  per  cent,  of  cop- 
per, which  result  agrees  exactly  with  the  careful  and  repeated 
assays  by  Cajjt.  Williams. 

This  gives  82.32  lbs.  of  copper  to  the  miner's  ton  (21  CAvt.) 
of  crude  ore  ;  but  in  dressing  the  ore  up  to  20  per  cent,  for 
transportation  to  market,  there  will  Ije  a  loss  of  one-fifth,  leav- 
ing 05.86  lbs.  of  pure  copper,  or  329.30  lbs.  of  20  per  cent,  ore 
per  ton  of  rough  ore. 

The  weight  of  the  crude  ore  is  about  170  lbs.  per  cubic 
foot,  equal  to  30,720  lbs.,  or  15.01  tons  per  cultic  fathom.  The 
yield,  therel'ni'c,  of  20  per  cent,  ore  per  cubic  fathom  will  bo 
2.18  tons,  or  1.04  tons  per  superficial  fathom. 

It  is  not  to  lie  ex[)ected  that  the  bed  will  prove  of  uniform 
richness  tlirougliout.     Causes  analogous  to  those  which  have 


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resultotl  in  tho 

the  shale  into  dititiu-it 


segregation  of  the  sulphurcts  of  copper  and 
^-  ■'■■■-"  strata,  or  lanu'nic,  may  have  produced 


more  extensive  absorption,  enriclnng  portions  of  the  bed 
contiguous  masses  of  rock,  at  th 


or 


portions  of  the  bed.     It  seems  a  sat 
the  facts,  to  say  that  one-third  of  tl 


:,  at  the  expense  of  the  bed,  or  of 
assumption,  in  view  of 


le  area  of  148,830 


supcrfi- 


cul  fathoms  mil  prove  productive  ground,  yieldmg  1.G4  tons 
-U  per  cent,  ore  per  superficial  fathom,  amounting,  in  the 
aggregate,  to  8 1,300  tons  of  20  per  cent.  ore. 

It  IS  a  safe  estimate  of  tiie  market  value  of  copper  ores  to 
call  tJ,em  worth,  in  the  market,  $iM  per  unit  per  ton,  giving, 
for  20  per  cent,  ore  880.00  per  ton.  '  «        »' 

It  is  now  worth  $G.OO  per  unit  in  currency,  equal  to  about 
b-i.OO  ni  gold. 

Therefore  81,3G0  tons  of  20  per  cent,  ore,  when  mined, 
dressed,  and  sent  to  market,  would  be  worth  $0,508,800  in 
(jold.  ' 

The  cost  of  mining,  dressing,  and  sending  to  market,  as  es- 
tanated  by  Capt.  Williams,  is  as  follows  :  - 

Breaking  and  raising  to  grass    . 
i  dressing 

Agency  and  contingencies         ,"        [ 

Total,  per  ton,  crude  ore        .        .        ,      $6.00 
The  cost  of  sending  to  Boston  is  stated  to  be  :  — 
Hauling  to  railway 8!).00  per  ton. 


$4.00  per  ton. 
1.75    "      " 
25    "      " 


Freight  to  Boston' 


0.00 


Total,  per  ton,  of  20  per  cent,  ore  .        .    $15.00 
Now  the  crude  ore  to  bo  mined,  to  produce  81,300  tons  of 
1^0  per  cent,  ore,  will  be  581,143  tons. 
We  may  therefore  make  the  following  general  estimate  :  — 
3.  Profit  2)er  annum. 

ESTIJfATE. 

Product,    81,300  tons  of  20  per  cent,  ore,  at  $80,  $0,508,800 
Cost,         581,143    "     "  crude  ore,  at  80.00  3^80  8.58 


81,300    " 
Total  cost 
Profit 


20  [(cr  cent.,  at  $15  1  !22o!400 

4,707.258 
$1,801,542 


■4-  ■ 


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It  is  caloulrttccl  that  witli  certain  additional  facilities  for  rais- 
1  drcssino-  the  ore,  100  tons  per  day  may  be  mined  and 


Ills;  ant 


dressed  regularly,  yie 
dav 


Idino;  say  14  tons  of  20  per  cent,  ore  per 


•VV( 


The    qnantitv  of  ore   assumed   in  the   foregoing  estimate 

)ut  in  19.37  or  say  20  years,  show- 


q 

mild  therefore  be  taken  ( 
inu'  the  average  net  earnin 


vs  to  be  !*00,000  per  annum,  for  20 


vear: 


see  no  reason 


I'iUi 


■ulat 


ions   aiK 


..  to  doubt  the  substantial  accuracy  of  these 
1  I'stiuK'tes.     It  will,  of  course,  bo  said  that 


tntiiiuH'iit  iikI  unforeseen  expensi 


will  be  incurred  in  prose- 


cu 


tint:'  work  of  such  niagni 


tude,  for  so  long  a  period.  But,  on  the 


.)ther'hand,  the  assumed  cost  of  mining  and  transportation  is 
verv  ampl-,  and  the  assumed  price  of  the  ore  very  moderate ; 
and  all  is  reduced  to  gold,  so  that  the  effect  of  our  in(late<l 
(•\irrency  is  eliminated. 

The  cost  assumed  for  mining  and  raising  to  surface,  $4.00 
I)er  ton  of  crude  ore,  was  furnished  by  Capt.  ■VYilliams,  and 
takiMi  without  criticism. 

r.ut  it  must  certainly  be  considered  high,  if  not  exorbitant. 
The  wci-ht  (^f  the  ore  being  l-J.fU  tons  per  ciibic  fathom,  the 
assumed  cost,  $4.00  per  ton,  is  equal  to  802.44  per  cubic  fathom, 
or  840.83  per  superficial  fathom,  or  $7.80  per  cubic  yard,  or 
20c.  per  cubic  foot,  or  I7c.  per  100  lbs.  Now,  it  must  bo  ob- 
vious, on  mere  inspection,  that  for  all  the  ordinary  stopnig 
an<l  raising,  tliat  is,  for  the  bulk  of  the  work,  this  price  is  ex- 
4vi'.-  U  considerably  excecnls  the  cost  of  the  work  done 
.,  .hr  giiheries  and  headhigs  already  made,  wdiich  are  obvi- 
»u<lv  more  expensive,  per  ton  of  ore  removed,  than  plain 
stop'ing.  The  assumed  cost  must,  therefori^,  be  considered 
large  enough  to  cover  the  opening  of  new  galleries,  and  all  the 
contiugeiiries  of  future  oi)eratioiis. 

^J'he  assumed  cost  of  transportation  to  tho  railway  is  the 
actual  cost  at  the  present  time.     But  a  certain  expenditure 
upon  roads   woukl  reduce  thi>   cost,  both  by  improving  the 
road-way  and  lessening  the  distance. 


ill 


The  priw  iiidiidrs  driv  a-.'s  mvI  <lf!ul  work. 


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tl 


IC 


It  does  not,  therefore,  seem  to  me  iloulitfiil  that  the  crude 
ore  can  be  mined  and  dressed  at .'?(). 00  per  ton,  and  the  dressed 
ore  carried  to  Boston  at  $1  o.OO  per  ton. 

As  little  does  it  seem  doubtlul  tliat  100  tons  can  be  mined 
per  day.  Tiiis  ([uantity  is  ccpial  to  only  (j.:J8  cubic  fathoms,  or 
8|  superficial  fathoms,  or  17^  feet  square,  4^  feet  deep,  or  51 
cubic  yards.  The  daily  removal  of  this  (piantity  of  slate  rock, 
at  a  depth  of  only  about  180  feet  below  the  surface,  cannot  be 
thought  dii'Hcult, 

4.  Vidue  of  the  Property.  We  have  seen  tliat  the  net  an- 
nual earnings  of  the  mine  should  amount  to  $90,000.  It  is  pro- 
bable that  a  year  must  elapse  before  the  product  can  be 
brought  up  to  14  tons  of  20  per  cent,  ore  per  day :  but  if  the 
net  earnings  are  smaller  during  that  year,  the  exhaustion  of 
the  mine  will  proceed  at  a  slower  rate,  and  tlie  total  net  earn- 
ings in  20  years  niay  be  set  down  at  $1,800,000. 

If  all  dividends  were  to  be  deferred  until  the  expiration  of 
20  years,  and  if,  meantime,  ihe  accumulated  earnings  could 
earn  no  interest,  the  present  value  of  the  mine  might  be  called 
one-fourth  of  that  sum,  say  s450,000;  assuming  that  capital 
shouhl  double  itself  twice  in  20  years,  which  is  rather  more 
than  it  will  do  at  compound  interest,  at  G  per  cent,  per  annum, 
semi-annual  rests. 

But  if  dividends  were  paid  annually,  or  semi-annuall;  as 
would  be  the  case,  interest  should  be  computed  on  such  >  - 
dends  ;  and  it  will  be  certainly  considered  moflerate  to  call 
the  average  time  10  year' ,  compounding  the  interest,  equal  to 
75  per  cent. 


We  then  have,  total  net  earnings 

Int.  on  divd.  during  20  years  average  time 

Total  net  earnings  and  interest  thereon 
Present  value,  one-fourth  of  earnings 


$1,800,000 
1,350,000 


$3,150,000 
787,500 


As  all  these  estimates  are  made  on  the  gold  basis,  it  would 
be  proper  to  add  50  per  cent,  to  ascertain  the  value  in  cur- 
rency. 


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Then,  present  value  in  gold 
Add  50  per  cent. 

Present  value  in  currency 


$787,500 
393,750 

$1,181,250 


It  will  thus  he  seen  that  if  the  property  can  bo  bought  for 
$700,000  in  currency,  it  will  in  all  probability  prove  of  much 
greater  value,  even  without  the  discovery  of  further  de- 
posits of  copper,  and  that  it  would  turn  out  a  good  invest- 
ment, returning  the  principal  and  G  per  cent,  per  annnm, 
semi-annual  payments,  though  the  net  earnings  were  to  tall  to 
two-thirds  their  probable  amount. 

Yours  respectfully, 

^  J.  C.  IIOADLEY. 


1 


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RKPOUT  OF  THOMAS   MACFAUl.ANE. 


Gkntlkmkn:  In  accorduut'e  with  youi-  I'tMjuesfc,  1  cxamiii(3d 
the  Harvey  Ilill  nuiiiii<;'  property,  aci'oinjjiiuied  by  ProHissor 
Cliace  and  other  gentlemen,  on  the  27th  and  28th  April  last. 
I  beg  to  present  the  following  report  as  to  the  result  of  my 
investigations  :  — 

The  Harvey  Hill  ^Line,  belonging  to  the  English  and  Cana- 
dian Mining  Conij)any,  is  situated  on  the  ITth  Lot  of  the  loth 
Concession  of  the  Township  of  Leeds,  in  the  County  of  Megan- 
tic,  Canada  East.  This  lot  and  the  adjoining  east  half  of  the 
l(>th  Lot,  same  concession,  are  held  by  the  Coinjtany  in  fee 
simple,  and  have  an  area  of  about  oOO  acres.  On  the  other 
two  lialf  lots  (the  western  half  of  Lot  1<)  and  the  eastern  half 
of  Lot  15),  situated  to  the  westward,  and  pro|)osed  to  be  in- 
cluded in  the  sale,  the  Company  only  possess  the  mining  right. 

The  rocks  of  the  district  are  micaceous  clay  slate,  dark  roof- 
ing slate,  clay  slate  with  intercalated  quartz,  nacreous  slate, 
soapstone,  «tc.  They  have  a  general  strike  from  east  to  west 
(all  the  bearings  are  given  in  relation  to  tlie  magnetic  north), 
and  a  dip  to  tlie  north  of  from  f)^  to  37°.  They  contain,  dis- 
tributed through  tluMU.  many  irregular  (piart/  courses  or 
masses,  of  very  vai'iablc  thickness,  Avhicli  cut  the  strata,  and 
contain  more  or  less  copper  pyrites,  purple  copper  and  co])- 
per  glance,  as  well  as  calcspar,  bitterspar,  and  chlorite.  The 
mining  on  the  jtroperty  of  tlie  Company  was  connncnced  on 
these  in-egular  masses.  Altliough  many  of  them  were  found 
to  1)0  exceedingly  rich  in  ore,  others  again  did  not  r<>i)ay  the 
ox])eHse  of  \V(»i'king  them.  Moreover,  it  was  found  that  they 
W(M'e  altogether  isolated  from  each  other,  incapable  of  being 
followed  underground,  and,  on  the  whole,  the  result  was  arrived 
at,  according  to  the  aide  manager,  Mr.  Herbert  >Villianis,  that 
of  themselves  they  could  not  be  explored  and  mined  with 
advantage.  Some  of  them  \\ci\\ however,  found  to  be  connected 
with  a  stratum  of  slate  impregnated  with  ore,  and  although  the 


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latter  tiloiu!  lias  hocn  found  to  be  onuiiently  wortliy  of  excava- 
tion, it  is  i)r()l)al)lc  that  some  of  the  irregular  qiuirtz  masses  in 
its  iK'ifihl)<)rh()()(l  will  also  hecome  sources  of  profit. 

The  first  indications  of  the  existence  of  the  so-called  copper 
beds  were,  1  beli(>ve.  discovered  in  Fremont's  shaft  in  185!); 
but  it  was  not  until  recently  that  their  importance  became  fully 
ap])arent,  and   preparations    were  made  for  their  excavation. 
Thev  consist  of  nacreous  slate,  generally  studded  with  clilovi- 
toid,  IVom  four  to  eight  feet  thick,  with  which  small  lenticular 
masses  of  cop]ier  i)yrites,  i)uri»le  copper  and  <|uartz,  are  intcr- 
sti'atified.     Although  th(ire  are  evidences  of  the  existence  of 
several  of  these  beds,  it  is  only  the  uppermost  of  these  which 
has  Ikmmi  explored  to  any  consideralde  extent.     This  deposit, 
usually  called  the  upper  copper  bed,  is  intersected  at  a  depth 
of  ±2  fathoms  i)y  Kent's  shaft,  the  position  of  which  may  bo 
seen  by  a  reference  to  Mr.  Williams's  ma|).     At  this  point  the 
bed  has  been  explored  by  SO  fathoms  of  levels  and  ;?0  fathoms 
of  winze  and  drift  to  rise.     The  dip  varies  from  24°  to  80^ 
(to  the  nortli).  and  the  strike  is  almost  exactly  cast  and  west. 
The  area  of  bed  explored  by  the  workings  in  Kent's  shaft  we 
estimate  at  1, (*)();")  >i(/iuire  fathoma.     Assuming  the  thickness  of 
the  bed  to  ])e  4]  feet,  this  area  corresponds  to  l,-24*/'  cubic  fulh- 
Diiis.     These,  at  It)  tons  each,  will  yield  11»,9S4  tons  of  rough 
ore.     With  regard  to  the  coppt'r  contents  of  this  rough  ore,  we 
liave  l)cen  very  anxious  to  (Uiermino  it  correctly.     A  series  of 
sam]iles  taken  in  tln^  miiK^  were  found  to  average  8.(i  per  cent, 
copper.     The  heap  on  the  surface,  resulting  fnnii  the  excava- 
tion of  the  20  and  :)0  fathoms  levels,  was  also  sauipled  in  as 
thorough  a  maimer  as  possible,  and  the  result  gave  l)y  common 
humid  assay  :>.4  per  cent. ;  by  the  volumetric  method  :}.(i5  per 
cent.     I  therefore  concluded   that    the    }»ercentage    stated  by 
Mr.  Williams  at  the  outset,  viz.  :5.]   jjcr  cent.,  was  essentially 
eorrect,  and  adopted  it  in  my  calculations.     The  loss  in  dress- 
ing up  till!  crude  ore  to  2t)  pi>r  cent.  I  estimate  at  one-lirili 
of  the  copper  contents.      1  consider  this  a  reas(»nable  estimate 
IVom  experience  gained  in  dressing  ore    elsewhere.     On  this 
estimate  the  1!',084  tons  rough  ore,  mentioned  al)ove  as  ex]M^sed 
in  the  workings  of  Kent's  shaft,  would  yield  (at  2.8  per  cent.j 


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2,708  tons  of  20  per  cent,  ore,  or,  after  doducting  the  ditfor- 
eucc  betwixt  humid  and  dry  assay,  10.')  per  cent.  The  valno 
of  this  ore,  delivered  at  the  snioltinir  work,  assuming  tlio  i»rico 
per  unit  to  bo  ¥4,  and  jtor  ton  'i;'7«,  is  .i!«21S,-244.  (The  esti- 
mates of  cost  l)oing  wholly  in  (Canadian  curi'cncy,  the  abovo 
vahic  is  to  be  understood  as  in  gold.)  The  cost  of  producing 
and  sending  to  market  the  al)ove  2,708  tons  of  dressed  ore 
would,  according  to  Mr.  Williams's  estimates,  which  1  ('(^isider 
vera  liberal,  be  as  follows  :  — 

Drifting,  stoping,  and  raising  to  surface  1,240  cubic 

fathdms  of  ore  ground,  at  i:i<44  .         .         .     i?<54,0')6  00 

Cartage  of  10,084  tons  rough  ore  to  dressing-liouse, 

at  25  cents 4,<)<)(5  00 

Dressing  2,708  tons  of  20  per  cent,  ore,  at  *1 2.50  84,075  00 
Packing  same,  at  80  cents  .         .         .         .         2,2:58  40 

Cartage  to  station,  at  $0  .  .  .  .  .  25,182  00 
Freight  to  iJoston,  at  >j!l]  .  .  .  .  .  l»),78<s  00 
General  exj)enses,  |1  per  ton      ,.         .         .        .         2,708  00 


$141,!»:3:}  40 
besides  this  ore  ground,  exposod  at  Iv(Mit's  shaft,  two  of  tin; 
irregular  (piartz  courses  have  bijen  discovered  at  this  point  con- 
nected with  the  bed.  One  of  these,  which  lias  been  worked  out 
(Fanny  Eliza,  No.  1 ),  yielded  ore  to  the  value  of  * H,500.  'i'lie 
other  (Fanny  Eliza,  No.  2),  wliich  is  now  being  excavated,  ja-om- 
ises  eipially  as  good  a  yield.  In  the  neighltorhood  of  these 
masses  it  would  seem  that  tlie  bed  is  to  some  extent  impover- 
ished, which  would  lead  to  the  supposition  that  the  ore  of  the 
•piartz  masses  had  been  derived  from  the  bed.  However  this 
may  lie.  tlie  connection  to  some  extent  of  the  (piartz  courses 
with  th(!  bed  would  lead  me  to  ex])ect  tliat  the  Ibrmer  nutif 
/icrraffcr  br  inhud  irif/i  iinir/i  i>-ir(ifcr  (i(/r(nif(ii>r  t/itin  jirr- 
rious/i/. 

The  upper  copjier  bed  has  also  been  struck  at  a  deptli  of 
15  fathoms  in  grass  shaft  No.  2,  about  170  fathoms  to  the  east 
of  Kent's  shaft.  It  is  here  seven  to  nine  feet  thick,  has  a  strike 
of  N.  07°  E.,  and  a  dip  to  the  north  of  from  14°  to  22°.  The 
bed  promised  well  at  fu-ijt,  and  at  one  point,  from  a  bore-hole 


8S 


of  10  iiu'lips  <loi.lh,«  s(i)iii 


>!,■  (issni/in<^-  7  ix'r  (nit.  J'v/.s  ohtaiiwd 


Alxnit  'JO  fiitlioms  w(mv  driven  horizon 


tally  upon  it,  when  it 


M'cami' 


tlucU.M',  Imt    the    o..i'l'"r    ore    beeanie   nmre  di 


tl'uscd 


tln-untili    ii,    and    the    workin.ti-    was 


tempi 


)rai 


■ily 


mispeni 


led. 


Theiv    has    also    Ikmmi    a 


drift    on    the   ris 


0   excavated,   seven 


fathoms  lono-,  t\v..-thirds  of  whieh  are  som.>\vhat  impr 


.><>;natod 


with  ore 

The   upper    eoppoi 


rison  s  ai 


\\\  a  (hreelioii 


__ ^  .  .    1„m1    has  also  lieen    inlerseetcd  l>y  ^hlr- 

lit,  whieh' has  l.een  driven  "248  fathoms  into  the  hill, 
h  as  t.)  eut   the  strata  olili.pu'ly.     On  enter- 


inii'  the  adit.  tht>  slates  are 


found  to  dii>only  10^  to  the  noi 


th. 


Tliev  oraduallv,  however,  heeonie  more  m 


miic 


;h  contorted,  in  whieh  latter  case  they  con 


•lined,  often   very 
tain  much  quartz. 


Ahout  140  fathoms  from  the  ukui 


th  of  the  adit,  nacreous  slates. 


with   chloritoid,   have    heen    pene 


trated,  which  represent  the 


lied.      Tliev  are 


upper  eopper  m< 

hut  this  is  said  to  he  attril 

of  an  irrejiiihir  (piart/  vein,  c 


however,  destitute  of  co])ptMv 


hutahle  to  the  presence  lunh-rneath 

nUed  "  Seweirs  liode."     The  dip 

10°  until  the  end  of 


of  the  strata  continues  ])retty  nuicli  ahout 
the  adit  is  reached,  where  they  dip  only  0°  to  10%  still  to  the 
tl 


nortli 


The  upper  copper  bed  has  thus  been  intersected  at  three  dil 


ferent  i.oints,  at  two  of  w 


hi(di  it  was  found  iiuremunerative,  at 


the  other  cmwvulln  in-odadirr.    It  wouhl  thus  appear  reas..n 


d  iust  to  assume  that  two-thir<ls  of  the  an^a 


and  .1 


abU 


the  bed  niav 


le  unproductive 


It  is  cei 


iainlv  the  case  that  neither  in  ,u-r 


ISS 


the  adit,  has  the  bed  been  explored  to  the 

K,Mit's  shaft.     But  it  must  be  remembered. 

the  other  hand,  that   these   three   wiU'kin.u's  test   but  a  .'.m.- 


shaft  No.  2.  nor  m 
same  extent  as  in 


tion  of  the  whole  area,  of  the  l^'d.      A 


(•(•or(t 


on 

ivarativelv  small  portion  ol 

ino-   to   Mr.  Williams's  map.  the  t..l,al  area  of  llu^  sauu'  witlun 

the  ('ompaiiv"s  properlv  (makinii'  no  allowance  for  dip,  wlneh. 

jud-ym-  from  the   position  of  the  strata  at   the  entrance  of  the 

a.lit.  mav  not  !«<•  so  considerable)  is    12:]  acres.     Of    tins.    1 

i..timate'  41    n.Mvs  to   be  as  prodm'Aive    as    the    gToun.l  ui-ar 

Kent"s  shaft.     Tli.'   area   there   explored  is  1.H7  acres,  conse- 

nuentlv  the  41  acres  would   .'ontain    about  HO  times  as  much 

on-as'the  un.und  around    Kent's  shaft,  or  S^.UIO  tons  ol  20 


m 

per  cent.  oro.  TliiH,at  w78  per  ton,  would  lio  worrli  'i<(i,')47,o'20 
lit  the  smolliuj;  works.  The  cost  of  iiroiUiciiij^'  this  (piaiitity 
is  cstiuiatiHl  as  I'ollows  :  — 

Miniiijj^  and  i)rodiu.'iiig  H:5,040  tons  drossccl  ore,  at, 

as  iu  Ibrmor  ealciihition,  !r<')0.7:)  por  Ion      .     •'5<4,"J')H,27i)  70 

To  tliis  wo  must  add  the  cost  of  sinkini>-  shafts 
for  raising-  the  ore  ami  drivin;^  levels,  ite., 
through  the  dcatl  ground.  This  we  estimate 
at  ii?lO  per  fathom  of  ground,  or  >^LM)  per  ton 
of  20  per  cent,  ore     .        .        .        .         .  o74,812  40 


This  deducted  from 


L3aves  as  net  profit 


.^4,632,588  »;0 
t),4r)7,:520  00 

!i!l,Ul4,73l  40 


It  must,  of  course,  he  rememhcrcd  that  this  estimate  is  only 
approximate.  It  may  exceed  the  truth,  and  may  fall  short  of 
it.  It  is  also  to  ho  remembered  that  this  prolit  is  altogether 
irrespective  of  that  which  miii'ht  result  from  iror/i-inii-  the  (/iiartz 
courses  which  would  prohal)ly  bo  discovered  in  exjiloring  the 
bed.  If  -ve  may  judge  from  the  results  obtaincil  in  excavating 
the  Fanny  Eliza  masses  already  referred  to.  the  jirofts  from 
this  source  would  not  he  inconsiilerithle.  The  uncertain  na- 
ture of  these  deposits,  however,  renders  any  reliable  estimate 
(tf  their  value  im[iossible. 

With  regard  to  the  ore-producing  capabditii^s  of  the  niine,  it 
would  seem  (piite  jjraeticable  at  once  to  raise  the  production  of 
the  mine  to  100  tons  crude  oi'c,  equal  to  14  tons  20  pi-r  cent, 
ore,  per  day,  at  which  rate  al)out  20  years  would  l)e  necessary 
for  excavating  the  ([uantities  above  estimated.  With  the  pres- 
ent dressing-house  and  supply  of  water,  it  would  be  impossible 
to  dress  14  tons  daily,  'i'lie  erection  of  a  dressing  establish- 
ment on  the  Palmer  River  would  Ito  indispensable,  and  would 
cost,  with  road  to  it  from  the  mine,  about  820,000.  The  pres- 
ent condition  of  the  road  from  the  mine  to  the  railway,  at 
Craig's  Road  or  Recancour  station  (:'.l  miles),  would  also  seeiu 
to  present  hindrances  to  the  production  of  such  a  (quantity  of 


40 

„,,  .lailv  as  thai  iiulirat.-l.  Whorcforo,  it  wouM  ho  l.i^Jily 
necessar;-  at  once  to  oinpl-t.  the  n.a.l  iVoui  tU.  .an,,  to  Mc- 
thot's  Mills  (-21  niik's). 

I,  I,,,  Imc.^.MUK'  n.p.,rt,  1  have  prcscutcl  you  w.lh  ..1     he 
au,a  ,K.ssil.lo,to  enable  you  to  form  au  i.lea  ot  the  value  ol  the 

property. 

I  romaiu,  CJoutlenieu, 

Yours,  most  resi)ectfully, 

TIIOMAH  MACFATILANE. 


Acton,  4  May,  1HG:3. 


41 


RKPOHT  OF   (iKOKCK    II.    IMEHCH. 


Uirini(t\i>,  Oct.  li."),  1802. 
•lACon  Slkki'ku,  Ks.}.,  I'lvs.  II.  ('.  M.  C... 

nKAliSlit:  As  propustMl  in  my  lust  note,  1  |»aiil  tluriug  the 
past  \v(!ek  a  visit  to  the  "  Leeds  .Mines,"  in  onlei"  to  aseertaiti 
what  analotry,  11'  any,  cxist(!tl  helweeii  it  and  our  own,  so  that 
we  niitrht  lie,  eiiiilileil  (o  takt;  ailvanta^'c  of  tlieii-  e\|ierieiieL,  ;  ,> 
far  as  possilile,  in  the  (li'velopnu-nl  of  (he  Jlalila.K  Mine. 

Through  tiie  ivinthiess  al'  Mr.  Ilerheit  Williams,  th(!  «i-enth'- 
iiianly  superintendent  of  the  mine,  every  facility  was  alfurch^d 
luo  for  a  thorongli  examination  of  the  various  workings  of  the 
mine,  as  well  as  mneh  \alualile  inlormation  and  many  statistics 
given,  which  otherwise  1  siiould  have  been  unalih;  to  olitam. 
As  the  analogy  lietweeu  the  two  mines  will,  1  think,  warrant, 
you  will  pardon  nu',  I  trust,  if  1  give  you  somewhat  in  detail 
my  ohservatioiis  at  Leeds. 

The  Leeds  or  Harvey  ILIl  .Mines,  situated  on  Lot  Sevenl(!eu 
of  Ihii  Fifteentii  Range,  of  th'-  Township  of  Leeds,  is  the  prop- 


erty of  the  "  Kiiglisli  and  Canadian  Mining  Co.''  Tla;  otit-- 
crops,  so  far  as  exp'oicil,  occur  on  the  north-west  ^lope  (jf  a 
hill  of  some  two  linndr;'il  feet  in  lieight ;  the  strike  of  tiie 
rock  —  whicli  is  conijiosc'il  principally  of  a.  dark-colored  clay- 
slate,  witii  hands  of  liiiiit-eoioreil  nacreous  clay,  intersti'atified  — 
is  north-east  and  sonlli-west,  dipping  to  the  north-west  at  au 
auule  of  from  \'2  to  -•">  dciirees. 


In  tl 


lese 


4at( 


at  surface,  several  ((uari''.  courses  occur,  run 


ning   in    various   directions,  ami   dipping  at   all   angles,  soi 


no 


runiiHig  wi 


th  tl 


It!   siratilication.  hut  cutting  it   in   dip,  while 


others  cut  both  in  trend  and  ilio. 


Tl 


lese 


courses,  which  from  tlicii'  form  are  termed  '"  Lenticu- 


lar Masses,"  are  very  rii-h  in  copper,  containing  ti'c  gray, 
purple,  and  yellow  sulphurets,  as  well  as  varicms  proportions 
of  chlorite,  hrowji  spar  and  calcspar,  intermixed  with  a  consid- 
erable (juantity  of  green  carbonate  of  copper. 


m 


All  oi  tlii'po  courses 
I   Ccw  tons 


iiiLi'   troiii   ; 


that  have  yet  heeu  worked,  after  yieUl- 
ti.    several    liundred    tons   of   rich    ore, 


<i-radiuillv    thinned    ont    1m 


,th    horizontally    and    vertically,   or 


hi'unrhiMl  ont   into  small  span 


des  \vhi(di  linallv  lost  themselves 


in  till' 


<lates  and  ceased  to  yicM  cojuier, 


It  was   indued  liv  the  sniierm 


rosnlt  proves,  t 


tendent,  and  correctly,  as  the 

ilated 


hat  these  rich  masses  conld   not  occnr  iso 


and  a 


h.ne.   hnl    that   they  had  their   connection  in   some  way 


with  a  cnpriferons  depo^ 


1 


11  order 


to  test   this,  a  shaft  was  comnio 


need  at  a  distance 


(if  ahoiit    one-t 


an  ai 


l,i,.,l  iVom  the  hott..m  to  the  top  of  the  hill,  ami 
I  some  lOd  fathoms  to  the  north 


lit  at  the  same  time  startt'i 


f  the  shaft,  the  month  of  the  adit  hein.u-  on  h.wer  un.uiid  hy 

f  the  shaft,  so  that  the  rela- 
ketch.     The  working- 


soim 


10  fathoms  than  the  month 


tliinu'  as   uiveir  m   s 


live   position   is  sonu _   -      ,- 

shaft,  after  pnssin-  thron-h  a  dark-colored  clay-slate  lor  LO 
fathoms,  cnt  a  hnl  of  li-ht-colored  nacreons  slate,  carryms 
some  three  per  cent,  of  copper,  disseminated  throuoh  the  hed, 
which  was  at  this  point  ahon 


t  five  feet  in  thickne 


M  the  ±1  and  ::<>  fathom  levels  of  th.  slud't,  .Irifts  were  rnu 


m  a  iioi 


tl\-westerlv  direction,  meetm;. 


the  hed  in  the  rise,  an 


an  ni( 


cnt  on  the 


lin.'  shaft  run  hetw.-en   the  two  points  of  the  hed   tluis 
I  lor  liO  fathoms.     At  the  ±1,  as  w.dl  as  at  the  :".<) 


ithoi 


U    level,  tlie  liei 


1  lias  hi'cn  driven 


»ii   sinne  sevi'ii  or  eiiilit 


falhoiiis  on   each   snle  ol 


ihe  incline  sli 


aft, 


*()  tar  a^' 


the  hed 


ha^  lieeil   e\plore(l   it 


shows  a  thickness  o 


f  ahoiil    si\   feel,  and 


(Is  Its  ell 


character  remarU 


ness  111  (It 


kahlv  w(dl.      ll  also  increases  iii   ncli- 
hv  me   fidin   the  '-'M 


■  pth.     Some  samjdes  hron;jlit  up  I'y  ni 


a  I 


hom  lev(d.  and  which  1  took  as  an  arrni-'r  samp 


lie.  uave   liy 


measiireiiieii 


t  fi'oiii  nine  to  tell  percent, 


riie  veltow  siil|ihnre 


whi''li  was  Iniiiid  ill  the  lied  al    1 


wilh   purple 
more  purpli 


he  -l-l  lalliom  le\el.  associa 


ted 


iiv.  has  disaiipeareil  al 


till'  .1(1.  and  is  replaceil  liy 


he   lied   it-elf.  a: 


«tratilied    with,  as  \\i 


helniv  mentioned,  is  nacreous  shue;   niter- 
■11   as  disseininaled   ihronuh   it   in   uraim 


va 


rviii'j  in  size  from  those  so 


line  as  iiardlv  lo  he 


(h'lected  wilh 


tl 


le  naked  eye.  Up  lo 


those  III     the  size  o 


r  a  kernel  of  corn 


th 


co|iper   iiccn: 


iiiterstralitiei 


I   II 


ikes  varv 


in   thickne 


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from  tliatof  a  slicct  of  i)ii[Mn'.  to  (jiu'-half  an  in»  li  in  lite  tliiekcst 
part,  and  in  Icnti'tli  rnn  IVuni  a  cijnplc  of  inriies  to  ono  loot; 
these  lurni  splices  liy  ov('i'lap])int>'  one  another,  so  tliat  tlie  gen- 
oi'al  appearance  oC  the  edge  of  a  stone  taken  from  tlie  bed  is 
very  iinilorni  as  I'ar  as  the  rehitive  proportion  ot' copper  to  dead 
rock  is  concerned. 

in  (h'iving  from  the  shaft,  at  the  '»0  fathom  level,  to  meet  the 
bed,  a  rich  mass  of  ore  in  tjnartz,  similar  to  the  snrfaee  ont- 
crop,  was  met  with  at  about  eight  fathoms  from  the  shaft. 
Tills  mass  (called  the  '•'Fanny  Kli/a")  was  of  lenticular  lorm, 
soui"'  four  feet  in  thickness,  and  running  out  in  lens  form  bot'i 
hoi       'tally  and  vertically. 

A  the  time  of  my  visit,  another  of  these  masses  had  been 
met  with,  in  the  diii't  on  the  l)ed,  toward  the  north-east,  at  the 
80  fathom  level.  This  seems  to  cut  entirely  throuiih  the  bed 
and  run  into  the  dark  slates  on  either  side,  while  the  "•Fanny 
Eliza"  was  entirely  below  the  bed,  with  its  upper  extremity 
only  coming  to  the  bed.  The  connection  existing  between  the 
bed  and  these  masses  is  as  yet  unexi»lored  :  the  lenticular  mass 
cither  cuts  the  bed,  or  has  one  of  its  points  in  the  vicinity  of  a 
cupriferous  bed ;  the  bed  at  the  same  time  is  poor,  and  some- 
times, even,  divested  of  its  ore,  on  approaching  cue  of  these 
masses,  for  a  distance  of  two  or  three  fathoms. 

The  adit,  by  computation,  should  have  cut  the  same  bed  at  a 
distance  of  120  fathoms  from  its  mouth,  but  met  instead 
another  of  those  masses,  in  what  appears  to  be  the  sauic  light- 
colored  bed  of  slate,  l)ut  carrying  very  little  copjjcr ;  however, 
(he  adit  shaft  No.  "J  cut  the  cupriferous  bed  12  fathoms  above 
adit  level,  as  it  should,  and  we  may  consider  the  bed  has  been 
tolerably  well  proven  over  the  limit  of  the  two  workings. 

All  the  ore  is  left  in  reserve,  and  only  that  raised  which  is 
cnt  in  these  explorations,  so  that  as  yet  the  mine  has  not  been 
a  ]taying  one,  for  the  reason  that  their  primary  object  has 
been  to  (h-vehip  it  and  allow  the  ore  to  remain  in  reserve 
until  better  facilities  for  dressing  and  transporting  on  a  large 
scab,'  would  be  warranted.  We  may  jierhaps  I'orm  som^  idea 
of  the  value  of  ore  in  sight,  as  well  as  the  i)roltable  value 
of  the  bed  between  the  working  shaft  and  adit.    At  the  work- 


ing  shaft  wc  have  in  sight  1  X  20  X  1-")  Mhoins  =  300  cuhic 
latlioius  of  8.]  per  cent,  ore,  at  the  very  lowest.  This  at  ^4^  per 
unit  will  give",  if  we  allow  the  stone  to  weigh  20  tons  per  fatlioni, 
about  !if84,000,  or,  if  we  eonsider  the  bed  continiious  from  the 
working  sliaft  to  tlie  adit,  we  have  100  X  «0  X  l,or  SOOO  en)>io 
fathoms,  which  at  -ii<280  per  fathom  gives  !*2,240,000  as  the 
gross  value  of  ore  above  the  oO  fatlioni  level  l)etwecn  the  adit 
and  working  shaft. 

On  the  whole,  I  look  upon  tlie  Leeds  Mine  as  one  of  the 
ricliest,  if  not  the  very  rieliest  yet  oi)ened  in  Canada,  and  1 
believe  there  is  a  great  future  before  it;  and  many  years  of 
labor  will  reciuire  to  be  spent  before  the  deposit  will  be  sensiljly 
diminished. 


Yours  very  truly, 


GEO.  H.  riERCE, 


A^ent  IL  C.  M. 


Gentlemen  :  In  compliance  with  your  request,  I  have  given 
an  estimate  of  cost  of  the  proposed  tramway  from  the  Harvey 
Hill  Copper  Mine  to  the  Grand  Trunk  Railway,  based  on  th(^ 
most  reliable  information  I  have  been  able  to  ol)tain,  both 
from  Government  maps  and  my  own  knowledge  of  tlie  country 
through  which  the  line  would  pass. 

It  should  be  liornc  in  mind,  however,  that  without  an  actual 
survey  of  the  route  an  estimate  cannot  be  given  that  will  be 
perfectly  reliable  ;  still,  I  anticipate  the  figures  given  below  will 
be  f<jund  in  the  vicinity  of  the  truth,  and  serve  to  give  you  an 
idea  of  wliat  the  cost  would  be. 

Assuming  that  the  road  is  to  l)c  sufficiently  well  built  to  ad- 
mit of  being  worked  by  a  light  tram  engine  capable  of  hauling 
some  thirty  or  forty  tons,  and  that  the  line  of  road  will  Ibllow 
the  river  Becancour  and  branches,  giving  a  length  of  line  of 
about  25  miles,  that  the  roadbed  l)e  eight  feet  in  width  at  rail 
level,  and  that  the  average  cutting  and  filling  be  from  three  to 


46 


four  foct,  the  cost  of  the  road  pt'i-  mile  will,  I  estimate,  be  as 
follows  :  — 

Riulit  of  \v!iy  —  S  acres,  at -f!!')  .         ,         . 

Clearing  u      u      u     ;i2i 

Excavation.  10,000  cul)ic  yds.,  at  10c.  per  yd.  , 
IJi'idii'ing  and  trestle  worlv  .... 

Strap  rails,  IT  tons,  at  840  per  ton  . 
Stringers  and  cross-ties     ..... 
Laying  track    .         -..         *         .         .         .         . 
Rolling  stock   .         ... 


Add  20  i)cr  cent,  for  coutiiigcncie> 

Cost  per  mile  .         . 

Or  for  "25  miles  a  total  cost  of  . 


$  120.00 
100.00 

1 .000.00 
500.00 
(580.00 
205.00 
100.00 
500.00 

$;3,205.00 
041.00 

$:3,H4(,).00 
S9G.150.00 


To  obtain  the  cost  per  ton  of  freight,  let  us  suppose  the  road 
to  i)ay  seven  i)er  cent,  ou  its  cost  per  annum,  and  that  the  run- 
ning expenses  be  50  per  cent,  of  the  gross  earnings  of  the  road, 
then  we  have  — 


Interest  on  cost  of  roail,  at  7  per  cent. 
Running  expenses   .         . 


Gross  earnings 


.      10,730.50 
G,7;30.50 

.     11:5,401.00 


Suppose  one-fourth  the  freight  over  the  road  is  freight  going 
upward  or  toward  the  mine,  then  thrcc-foui'ths  of  the  al)ove  earn- 
ings must  Ik-  clKirgeal)le  to  down  frcught  or  ore  from  the  mine, 
or  *10,01t5.75. 

Supjiosc  tht'  mine  to  raise  100  tons  of  throe  and  one-half  per 
cent,  ore  per  day.  that  the  h)ss  in  ilressing  to  20  is  20  per  cent., 
then  we  luive  14  tons  of  20  per  cent,  ore  to  Ik;  sent  over  the 
line  p(u-  day,  or,  for  :)Otl  days  in  the  year,  say  4,200  tons.  This 
is  at  a  cost  of  810,0!t5.75,  or  ><2.40  per  ton.  This  is  the  cost  per 
ton.  the  I'oad  paying  as  iui  iiivcstment. 

If  tiic  cost  of  l)uilding  the  road  is  charged  to  the  mine,  then 
the  cost  of  freiglit  will  only  l>e  that  of  rumiing  expenses,  that 
is,  $1.20  per  ton. 


PhouM  otli.'f  IVciu'lifs  tlian  those  I'or  the  miuo  i)ass  over  the 
road,  tlu'v  will  coiitrilmtc,  of  course,  to  the  revenue  and  lessen 
])roi)ortionally  the  cnst  \n'v  ton. 

Trustiim-  tht^se  fiLiures  will  he  found  ai)proximately  correet, 

I  remain.  Ac., 

GEO.  U.  IMERCE, 

Cin'l  EiKjincvr. 

lliciiMoNO,  May  11th,  ISC.:',. 


41 


MOLYBDENUM. 


KXTIIACT    riiOM    nr.OF.OGH'AI.   KKlMiIJT   OV   CANADA    VOM    1SC3. 

Tliis  rare  iiK^tal  exists  in  luitui'c  Inf  the  most  pai't  as  a  sul- 
phuret,  known  as  niolyltilcnitc,  or  in  llic  Conn  of  niolylKlate  of 
lead.     The  former  ore  is  the  more  eonunon,  1»nt  is  vmy  sehloni 
met  with  in  any  considerable  (luantity.     Notwithstanding  its 
scarcity,  it  has  howcviu-  found  several  aiiplications.     Tlie  eom- 
hiuation  of  molyl)dic  acid  witli  annuonia  is  used  as  a  reaucnt 
for    the   detection   ami   determination    of   phosphoric  acid,   in 
chemical  analysis.     A  fine  hlue  [jigment  has  also  been  prepared 
from  molylxlenum;  and  a  few  years  since  a  German  chemist 
l)roposetl  the  Idue  of  molylidenum  as  a  substitute  for  indigo  in 
dyeing  silk,  cotton,  and  linen.      ExiH-riments  to  test  the  appli- 
caliility    of  this    substance    were    made    liy    Kurrer,   and    are 
rcDorted   in    Dinuler's  I'olvleclmical  .loui'ual   lor  is,"):];    from 
which  it  appears  tliat  liy  tlie  use  of  molybdenum,  and  a  salt  oi 
tin,  blue  tlyes  of  every  sliade,  and  of  I'emarkalde  duraliility, 
when   exposed   to   sun  and   air,  wei'C   readily   fixed   upon  silk. 
Durable  lilues,  inferior  to   those  given   to  silk.  ai'C   impai'ted  to 
cotton  bv  the  same  dye.     The  molybdates  luay  also  be  employ- 
ed  in    printing,  to   give  what  are  called  topical  colors  to  both 
silks  and  cottons.     The  molybdic  acid   for  this  purpose  is  said 
to  have  been  manufaelured  at    I'raiiuc.  from  a  massive  molyli- 
date   of  lead,  wbieh   is  found   in  SMna'  (piantity  in  IJaxaria.      It 
does  not   appear  thai  these  iiniccsses  have  ever  become  adopted 
to  any  great   extent,  one  cause   i>f  which   is  nndoulitedly  the 
rarity  and  costliness  of  molybdenum.     At  the  Industrial  Kxhi- 
bition  of  IS,"),"),  i)atka.  a  manufacturing  chemist  from  Prague, 
presented  s].eciniens  of  an  impure  molybdatc  of  soda,  prepared^ 
for  dyeing  silks,  and  containing  less  than  one-half  its  weight  ui' 
molybdic   acid.      Its   price  was  .^l.liO   the   pound,  while   that  (.f 
the  native  sulphuret  of  molybdenum,  exhibitctl  by  him,  which 
mav  be  made  to  vield  about  niue-tenlhs  its  weight  of  molybdic 


acid,  was  ^-^A:)  tlic  pound.  The  small  supply  of  the  material, 
ooMJoiuod  with  the  demand  for  it  I'ur  tlic  uses  of  the  lal)oi'atory, 
has  |)r()halily  prevented  its  more  <>'encral  cm]»loym<Mit. 

On  paiie    ")04,  several  loealities  of  molylidenite  ha\i'  been 
mentioned  ;  hut  tiie  only  one  of  them,  so  far  as  known,  whieh 
utfords  any  availa))le  (|uantity  of  the  mineral,  is  that  desorihed 
as  oceurrin.u- in  Quetaelu)o-Manieougan  JJay,on  the  north  shore 
of  the  (!ulf  of  St.  Lawrence;  where  it  occurs  dissemiuatetl  in  a 
bed  of  (juartz  six  inches  thick,  in  the  form  of  nodules  from 
one    to    three    inches    in  diameter,  and  in   tiakes,  which  arc 
sometimes    twelve  inches  broad  )»y  one-fourth  of  an   inch  in 
thickness.     The  bed,  which  is  interstratilied  in  a  white  coarse- 
jrrained  piciss,  hoUling  ^'arnets  and  black   mica,   was  traced 
about  fifty  yards,  with  a  dii)  N.  1.7  E.  <  o«°,  and  would  proba- 
bly  furnish  a   considerable   quantify    of  molylidenite.      This 
mineral,  wiiich  has  a  specific  gravity  of  about  4.5,  has  a  Icadeu- 
a-rav  color,  and  a  metallic  lustre.      It  is  soft  and  unctuous  to 
the  touch,  and  is  often  n)istakeu  for  jilumbago,  from  which  it  is 
distinguished  by  its  much  greater  weighs,  by  a  peculiar  green- 
ish hue  ill  the  metallic  streak  which  it  leaves  on  white  juiper, 
and  l)y  the  fact  that  when  heated  to  redness  in  the  open  air  it 
gives  otT  the  odor  of  burning  sul])liur,  and  is  slowly  converted 
into  a  yellowish-white  substance,  which  is  molylnlic  acid. 

Since  writing  the  ])revious  chapters,  sulphuret  of  molybde- 
num has  Iteen  found  at  Harvey  Hill,  in  Leeds,  by  .Mr.  Herbert 
Williams,  tlie  director  of  the  works  of  the  English  and  Canadian 
.Mining  Company  at  that  [»lace.  The  mineral  occurs  in  some 
of  the  short  courses  or  veins  of  (piart/  and  bitter-sjiar,  which 
intersect  the  coiiper-bearing  slates  of  this  locality.  It  forms 
small  masses,  generally  louiulcd  in  their  outline,  and  sometimes 
an  inch  or  more  in  clianieler.  Jinlging  from  tiie  specimens 
sent,  the  mineral  would  seem  to  be  aliiindant.  The  molylHle- 
nite  of  this  htcality,  instead  of  being  foliated,  as  is  generally  the 
case,  is  linely  granular,  with  an  uneven  fracture  ;  it  is  v(U'y 
soft,  and  assumes  a  polish  wlien  nililied  with  the  nail.  It  is 
not  im|triiluilile  that  some  among  the  numerous  localities  in 
which  molybdenite  has  been  met  with  on  Lake  Su|ieiior,  may 
be  found  to  yield,  considerable  (quantities  of  this  metal. 


40 


RKPoirr 

01-     rilK    DIlM.croRS    OF   TlIK    KXdMSII   AN'I)   ("AXADl.W    MIN1\(5    f'OM- 

I'AW.  MMiTKi).  I'oi;  I'i;i:si;ntmi;\i'  at    tiik  i-iftii  anni-ai.  (ikn- 
i-.KAi.  .\ii.i;ri\(i,  Tu  I'.K  iiKi.i)  (I.N   iiii;  riiiiMiKrii  ai'Imi..  \mi. 


vciy 
It  is 


Tliis  bciiiu'  llic  Fil'tli  AiiiUKil  M'ctiuii'  (if  llic  sliai'dioldiM's  of 
tlir    KncI.ISH    AM)    CaNAIUAN    .MlMMI    CuMI'ANV    {  lil.MITKD  ),    tllO 

IHrectoi's    linvr  now  to  i('|ioit    the    [irofii'ess  of   works    at  the 
iiiiiK's  in  the  year  isilii. 

The  I'unils  at  the  disjtosal  of  your  i)ii'ei'tors  hi.'ing'  so  nearly 
exhausted,  il  lias  liecn  tlieir  sludy  to  suspend. a'^  I'ar  as  possihle, 
all  W(,)rks  uol  tiMidinu'  towards  iiiinuMJialc  iirnlii.  '{"lie  only  ex- 
ception lo  tins  rule  was  the  eontinuation  of  Morrison's  adil,  at 
the  nrp;nt  reeonuneniUition  of  Mr.  llerliert  Williams.  l>ut 
this  also  was  diseontiuued  at  the  end  oC  ()etol»er,  so  that  now 
all  expi'iidiiuri'  is  applied  to  llie  <le\  elopnieiit  of  the  important 
minei'al  depo^ils  in  Kent's  shaft.  It  will  have  liecn  ohscrveil 
by  tlu^  shareh(dders  that  there  is  a  renuvrkahk'  increase  in  the 
hahuice  of  results  olttaincd  from  on^s  sold  in  this  country,  the 
iH't  proceeds  ol'  sales  at  Livei'pool  and  Swansea  of  ores  shi[»ped 
in  isilii  amonntinu'  to  ■C2,S-)0  !'s.  I'd.  These  parcels  have 
principally  eonsisti'<l  of  very  hiu-h  peri'i'utaiii'  ore.  from  two 
li'utieuhir  masses.  <'allcd  Fanny  Fliza.  No.  1,  and  Fanny  Eliza, 
No.  2,  found  in  Kent's  shaft.  IJe^ides  tliis,  great  progress  has 
beiMi  matje  in  opi'nimi'  out.  in  various  directions,  the  great  in- 
tersti'atilicil  lied  in  the  sani<'  shaft,  winch,  at  the  close  of  the 
year,  liad  Ihm'u  Inund  ('(Milinunus  fimn  ahove  the  "JO  fathom 
to  lirlow  tiie  :;it  falhom  levels,  to  an  already  ascertained  length 
of  (>"J")  fallionis  of  gi'ound.  yielding  oi'c  of  an  average  richness 
of  :'..',  pel'  cent,  'i'his  would  lie  (Mpiivalent  to  a  (pnmtily  in 
sight  of  T.ot'O  Ions,  according  to  Mr.  Williams's  opinion,  of 
which  aliout  tl<M)  tons  w,'iv  then  at  grass.  The  accounts  re- 
ceiveil  of  ^-uhseipient  progress  ai'c  equally  favorahle.  \\  hat 
the  limits  of  this  remarkahle  deposit  are,  can  of  course  only 
he  a  matter  of  eonjecture.  luit  judging  from  appearances,  there 


is  frroiit  probii1»ility  tlmt  it  (^xtoiids  llirmiu'liout  a  lai-ov  poi-tioJi 
of  tlio  Coiniiany's  estate  An  impurtaiit  rcatiin'  ohscrvtMl  in 
th(!  i»roii'i'('ss  (if  tl\('so  works  is,  that  wluMvvn-  the  pcrconta-iV  ol' 
tilt:-  ore  in  liif  intcrstratiruMl  li'  is  lias  (limiiiislicil  coiisidcrably, 
it,  lias  lictMi  Ibunil  t(»  111'  an  invariaiilc  iiKlicatioii  lI"  an  aiipntaeli 
to  lenticular  masses  oi'  the  rieh  (Hiality  aliove  (IcserilxMl,  and 
which.  Iiy  an  inexiieiisive  system  of  dressing',  are  easily  hroiij^'ht 
to  more  than  40  per  e<'nt.  proihice. 

These  results  estahlished  liy  Mr.  Williams,  in   the  accuracy 
ol'   whicli   Mr.  'i're;joninii'   i'uUy  concurs,  and   similar  o|iinions 
t'rtiiiuenlly   expressed    liy    Sir    W.    !■].    i.onan,   the    <i;overnment 
ireolo'dst  of  till!  coloiiN  of  Canada,  salisfv  vour  Directors  of  tho 
eiiornuuis   value  of    tin'  miiu'rals    undeilyiiii:'    the   Company  s 
o.state.     Vour  Directors  have  diliuvntly  studied  the  hest  means 
of  utiliziiiti'   these   impoi-tant    discoveries.  l)y   eeonomi/.iii,ii'  the 
drossinii'  cost  oi'  the  moderate  (piality  ores  from  the  interstrati- 
liod  hed;  and  Mr.  Williams's  recent  visit  to  Kniiland  was  made 
princii)ally  with  this  view.     Vour  Din^ctm's  have  not  yet  eomc 
to  any  conclusion  on  this  suliject.  luit  they  have  satisfied  tliein- 
s*dves   that    liy  tin;  ordinary  pi'oeess  of    dressinu'.  and    whilst 
operating'    only  on    small   (piantities    ami   with    defective   ma- 
(ihinery,  these  ores  can  Ite  dressed  to  a  proiit,  whi(;h  profit  uiay 
certainly  l)e  eonsideralily  increased  when  lar^e  (piantities  are 
dressed  with  more  ])oweri'ul  and  helter  machinery.      But  they 
have    also    Ibuiid    that  whatever    system   of   dressin.u;   may   lie 
linully  adoiited,  the  (piantities  of   ore   extracted    and   dressed 
must  lie  very  large  in  order  to  yield  a  corresp(.>udiiii''  profit, 
ivud  that  conseiiueiitly  a  considerahle  lloatin.u'  capital  will  he 
ueeessary  for  the  purpose.     It  was  on  this  account  that  your 
Dif.'Ctors  called  the  special   general   nieetin;i'  held  on  the  sixth 
March  last,  to  consider  tlie   propi'iely  of  I'ai^iii.i;-  fresh  capital, 
when  it  was  resolveij  tliat  the  present  meetiiiii-  he  made  special, 
to  take  into  c(msideration  the  said  plan. 

At  the  aforesaid  special  meeting,  your  Directors,  at  tlie  yo- 
(piest  of  the  Canadian  shareholders,  called  the  attention  of  the 
meetiiig  to  theii'  desire  for  a  change  in  the  mode  of  manage- 
lueut  of  afliiirs  at  Quebec,  and  for  the  appointment  of  an  agent 
to  represent   the  interc'sts  of  the  Canailian  shan;holders  at  all 


m 


iiirctiiigs  of  llic  >liiu('li(il(li'rs  ill  i']imlaii(i.  'I'lu'si;  >ULjj''Otitions 
won;  relen'oil  l»y  tin;  s|M'ci;il  pciiciiil  luccrmu-  to  iIh;  nirccturs  ; 
liiit  your  I)iiv(;t(»rs,  i.'oiisiilci'iiiu-  iluit,  tncii  it'  in'iictifiilplc,  they 
could  not  lie  carried  iiilo  clU'ct  witlioiit  a  cliaiiuc  in  the  con- 
stilulioii  oi'  lilt.'  ('oiii|iaiiy,  have  not  tlioimlii  (it,  in  llio  pn'sciit 
position  (ti'  liic  ('oiii|iany's  alVaiis,  to  lake  any  steps  in  tiu; 
matter.  It  niust  lie  renieniliered  tiial  (lie  Canadian  siiarejiold- 
crs  already  possess,  liy  means  ol"  proxies,  the  i'aculty  ol'  ci«m- 
plete  j'epivscntalioii  at  tin;  lueetiniis  ol'  slian.'liold(;rs  iierc;,  —  a 
lacnlty,  however,  ol'  whieji  they  have  never  availed  tliLMiisedvijs, 

Wit!)  rerereiice  to  the  propositions  which  have  i)een  madtt  l.o 
your  IMrectors,  \\>v  a  sal''  of  a  portion  or  portions  ol'  the  Coin- 
|)aiiy's  estate,  as  the  negotiations  are  still  peiuliiig,  your  Di- 
rectors altstaiu  from  entering  into  particulars.  15ut  tiiey  may 
state  that  these  propositions  appeared  suHiciently  serious  to 
induce  your  IMrectoi's  to  send  to  .America  your  alile  and 
zealous  su[)eriiitendent.  Mi'.  Ilt'i'liert  Williams,  and  lliut.  suit- 
.se((ueiitly,  their  colleague,  .Mi'.  Stoliart,  who  during  the  last 
three  years  has  perl'ormed  gratuitously  the  duties  ol'  secretary, 
and  who  so  deservedly  possesses  the  I'lill  conlidenee  of  the 
l>oard,  has  procecde(l  ihilher  for  the  pur|iose  of  carryiiiLi.'  on 
tlu'  negotiation.  LihIci'  sueh  aiisjiices,  your  Directors  an^ 
persuaded  that  the  interests  of  the  Company  will  lie  carel'uUy 
att('ii(led   to. 

Two  of  your  Directors,  .Mr.  AlexandiM'  ^forrison  and  Mr, 
Henry  Sewell,  now  lio  out  by  rotation  :  lieing  eligible,  they 
offer  themselves  for  re-election.  It  also  devolves  on  the  nieet- 
ing  to  elect  two  auditors. 

I)y  order  i)f  tin.'  IJoard, 

JOHN    h.  15KXNHTT, 

Secretary  pro  tern. 


TTE3IS    FI{0:M   Till']   1}ALAN('P]-SI1KKT   OK   TIIK    EXGUSII 
AND   CANADIAN   MININC    COMPANV,   LONDON. 


The  items  given  Iiclow  were  tiii<eii  IVom  tiie  I'oinpiuiy's 
P.aliUiee-slieet  lor  Deeeiiilter  -W,  iSl'.i',  and  show  tlie  amount 
expcndeii  in  llie  (ii;velo|inienl  of  th<'  property  to  tlial  date,  cx- 
ehisive  of  tlie  ori^iial  jiriee  paid  for  (lie  mine,  —  in  sterling 
currency. 


Cash  oxpeiKled  in  liuihiings 
Sahiries    ...... 

Other  ofticc  expenses         .         .         . 
Labor  cost        ..... 

Steam  eug-iiu^,  apparatus,  utensils,  etc. 
Oxen,  horses,  harness,  carts 
Metal,  fuel,  ])owder,  etc. 


£  K.  tl. 

.      1,H7S  ,}  10 

.      3,0.sl  7  8 

Bijo  8  () 

.    17,4(18  12  1 

.      1,070  1  4 

124  10  T) 

oO;5  n  4 

.-£24,4ill  10  2 


The  aliove  is  exclusive  of  large  amounts  lor    surveys    and 
other  preliminary  expenses. 

London,  April  20, 1 803. 

Examined  and  ibund  correct. 


THOMAS   II.  (!LA[)STOXE,>   . 

iiou1':rt  roRTEii,  C  ^"''''"'■^- 


RKrOHT   OF   TTTA^.   T.  .lACKSOX,  M.  I>..  (IIIOI.OCIST 
AND    STATK   ASSAY Kll. 

Okntlkmkn  :  In  uccdrtliUKH'  witli  your  i-c(jiicst.  I  visitt'd 
iiiid  (•Xiiiiiilird  the  Harvey  Hill  ('(i|i[)ci'  Mine,  diiriiix  tli«'  lirst 
hair  (if  till'  present  iiiniitli,  and  have  new  the  hnunr  of  re- 
jiiirtiiiu'  my  nliser\  atiinis. 

SITUATIOX    OV    TllK   MINK. 

irarvey  Hill  C'oiiper  iiine  is  sitimteil  in  the  tn\vii<liip  of 
Leeds,  ^Megiintic  ("uimtv,  Canada  Kast.  Afcnrdiiif;'  to  the 
largo  goveriinient  map,  its  latitude  is  40  deg.  15  min.  North, 
and  longitude  71  deg.  14  min.  West.  The  mining  land  ynu 
have  arranged  to  jiurchase  comprises  Lots  15,  Ki,  and  17  of 
the  15tli  Hange,  principally  Lot  17  in  the  15th  J{ange,  on 
which  the  wuik  is  carried  (in,  (ir  so  much  nf  tlmse  lots,  with 
so  much  oi"  the  other  lots  as  may  lie  agrecfl  iipdii.as  will  make 
up  with  the  opened  mine  500  acres  of  land,  each  concession 
lot  comprising  200  acres. 

The  t'ounlry  around  the  mine  is  moderately  hilly,  is  partly 
cleared  and  cultivated:  the  I'cgidii  is  not  thickly  populated, 
hut  scattere(l  jiii-ms.  owned  nmstly  iiy  English  settlers,  occur 
here  and  there  along  the  way  and  around  the  mines. 

The  mine  is  sixteen  miles  in  a  direct  lin(>  from  the  (Jrand 
Trunk  ixailroad  to  (.^udiec,  twenty-one  hy  the  nearest  road 
yet  opened,  and  alunit  thirty  miles  hy  ihc  common  roads.  'JV) 
Craig's  Jtoad  Station  th  '  di>taiice  liy  the  old  road  is  thirty- 
two  miles,  and  twenty-one  mih's  liy  the  new  J-oad  now  in 
course  of  fbiniation  from  the  mines  to  the  .Methot  Station 
on  the  (Jrand  Trunk  Kailway.  In  a  direct  line  Quebec  is 
fortv  miles  north  of  this  mine. 


OKor.or;v  ok  TifK  nisTnifT. 
The  rocks  of  Harvey  J 1  ill  are  talco-argillaceous  slates,  of  the 
Taconic    grouf),  and    arc  styled    in  the  Canadian    Geulugical 


!{c|i()rts  UiU'iTniis  ,>Ii\tcs,  oil  iUTitiint  "f  tliclr  |ic;irly  lustre. 
'I'lirv  arc  oi'  vai-iiMis  shades  el'  (•(•lor,  \hn\\  nearly  wliito 
t!iroll;i-|i  sliailes  III'  ^'iveii  to  coiiiiiioli  roolili--slate  lilile.  No 
fossils  liave  ever  been  roiiixl  inlliis  roniiatiou,  wiii.li  evidently 
lielon-'s  to  the  Azoic  epoch  of  -'eolo-y.  The  slate  strata  hear 
miiricroiis  hcds.  veins,  and  hnticular  nia>ses  oj'  ((uart/,.  some 
<it'  which  u<-v\w^  ill  crystals  in  the  copper  veins.  (ioM  is 
louiid  occasionally  in  the  qiiartz  veins,  and  prohahly  it  is  al.-o 
clisseiiiiiiated  in  line  particles  in  some  oi"  the  slate  strata. 

Aecordiny  to  the  ("aiiadian  (ii'olo.uical  .'^iirvey,  TTarvey  Hill 
Copper  .Mine  is  on  the  south-east  side  ol'  the  .^hiptoii  and  St. 
Ariiiaiid  symliiial,  and  thcrcl'oiv  the  i;'i'Ueral  dip  of  the  strata 
will  he  to  the  north-west. 

>rasonite,  since  named  chloritoid.  occurs  al.uudaiitly  in  the 
nacreous  slates  of  this  mine, but  no  other  e  ystalli'/ed  minerals 
\t^ero  observed  excepting  (|uart/.,  which  occurs  in  the  veins. 


SlTl'ATION    AND    NATl'lil':   Ol'    TllK    CJiKS. 

The  copper  ores  of  TTarvey  Hill  M'le  exist  in  the  state  of 
iiiterstratilied  beds,  g-asli  veins,  and  in  leiitii'ular  .nasses  asso- 
ciated with  quartz.  Some  of  the  lenticular  masses  are  of 
larii'c  size,  and.  consistinu'  of  the  richest  and  purest  ores,  arc 
very  vahialde.  'J'Ik;  ,L;ash  veins  are  not  reliable,  and  ^'cnerally 
runout  to  mere  strin^-s.  It  is  upon  the  iiiterstratilied  beds, 
wdii(di  are  of  i;-reat  dimensions  and  extend  with  the  strata  to 
unknown  depths,  that  the  miner  chielly  rtdio  in  mines  of  this 
character.  'I'he  (piartz  veins.  bcarin,L;-  rich  bi  iiclics  of  copper 
ore.  are  apt  to  split  into  strin,^'  veins,  and  to  run  iiit,\vhile  tiie 
inlvrstniliiicd  orrs  are  j,ii:s!fi/vii/  irilli  Ihv  sli  'I'  iiiclosinj^ 
them.  'I'liis  result  has  liceii  ol>taiiie(l  l)y  observation  ih  many 
localities  in  Canada  I-^ast.  \'eiiis  riiiiiiii:-'  with  the  "(H)untry," 
or  imbedded  veins,  are  found  to  be  more  certain  than  cross 
veins  in  the  "slate  mines;"  but  these  beds  are  nol  so  iiv\\  as 
those  \vhi(di  occur  in  biimhes  associatcil  with  ([uartz,  the 
strata  yieldini;-  from  three  ami  a  half  to  Ibur  per  cent,  of 
metallic  copper,  u  hile  the  pure  bunches  yield  71  per  cent., 
and,  on  an  average,  of  broken  ore,  about  -iO  per  cent.     The 


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In^  '••  •^Tiitilicil  IkvU  arr  liowrvcr  vitv  tliick  in  niii>  locality, 
(•cTliii..ly  iiKii'f  tliaii  1(1  I'cct,  ll.r  they  haxc  liccii  cut  into  tt» 
ili;i  extent  witliniit  limlini;' tlicir  liiinlris,  tlicir  avcrim'c.  Iidw- 
or  y,  \h']M'^  alidiit  li\c  I'cct.  I  shall  <;ivc  the  details  in  my 
iin  .  s  written  in  the  mine,  ami  tin  rdlire  mnv  puss  to  the 
i]i;>ij;'iiation  ol'  ihc  nature  of  the  ores.  'I'hese  arc,  lirst,  yel- 
low co|i|ier  |iyiites,  coiitainilii;'  ;>  1  |iei'  cent,  of  cojijier  :  iiell- 
inetal  ore,  e: 'nlainin^'  21  |ier  cent.:  crulieseite.  or  j)iir|i!c  eo|». 
pel' ore,  containing'  iVoni  (iO  to  TO  jicr  cent,:  co|)|iei'  Lvliiiicc,  ur 
vitreons  copper  ore,  containin;;'  T^i  per  cent. 

Theso  ores  aic  uiixcil  with  each  other  in  varialile  pro- 
portions, iiid  most  of  the  erubescite  is  mechanically  mixeil 
with  the  copper  u'lancc.  ami  the  two  ores  may  lie  ilis- 
tiii,ii'uishe(l  liy  the  eye,  since  the  crniiescite  tuiiis  of  a  heau- 
tifiil  piii'ple  ami  iiliie  very  soon  after  exposure  to  the  aii'.  ami 
when  cut  has  a  pnr|)le  color,  w  hilc  the  copper  ^huico  is  of  nearly 
a  tin  nv  lii'i^ht  lead  Muish  white,  and  preserves  this  e-olor.  an<l 
cuts  with  a  tin-white  surlace.  'I'lie  two  oi'es  are  mui'h  more 
distinct  than  they  are  in  the  Acton  .Mine,  and  the  richer  ore 
is  more  iiliundant  at  Harvey  Hill.  On  cliciuieal  analysis  iif  a 
ispecinien  of  the  pure  copper  j.;laiice,  I  olitaiued  the  following 
results  per  vrnt. :  — 

Metallic  copper         .         .         .         . 

Sulphur  .         .         .         .         .         .' 

iron  ,         .         .         .         r         .         > 

Silic;i  .  .  .  .  .  . 


To  which  add  sul])hur  lost 


TS.4T 

is..-)l 

1    l!i  t 

!»!).()() 

1.00 

100.00 


I  also  made  a   chemical   assa\    of  a  sam[)le  of  the    mi.xed 
ornliescito  and  copper  glance.  >villi  the  following  results:  — 

iMetallic  coppfr         .         .         .         .         .         Tl.-O 


>UlpllUI' 

Iron 
i^ilica 


20.00 
8.;]0 
0..')0 


100,00 


These  specinu-ns  were  taken  I'niiii  the  Funny  Kliza  Winze, 
and  eanio  from  one  of  t!ic  liirji'c  h'nticuliir  masses  of  ore  asso- 
riateil  with  hyaline  quartz.  Interstrat ilied  with  the  slates  we 
tind  t\iQ  same  kind  of  ore,  with  liell-metal  and  yellow  (M)))[)er 
pyi'ites. 


Till-;  MINK  AM>  inM:ssi\(;-iiorsi;s. 

Deseemlin^'  hy  lad(K'rs  tn  the  .'50  liithom  level,  ISO  feet 
from  the  snrliiee,  we  examined  the  dilferent  exposures  of  the 
ores  in  tlu'  levels  and  winzes  where  the  minors  wei"e  at  work. 
An  adit  level,  whii-li  penetrates  this  liiM  across  the  strata, 
some  24:S  iailnmis  in  len,L;th.  hein.u'  hloeked  up  hy  deep  snow, 
was  not  examined,  and  I  ionnd  that  little  inl'ormatinn  eoidd  he 
ohtaine(l  in  it  lieyond  that  shown  in  Mr.  II.  Williams's  dia- 
gram. m;iih'  when  the  I'oeks  were  freshly  cut. 

The  fdlldwini:'  miles  wei'e  made  in  the  mine  and  dressing- 
houses  :  — ■ 

At  the  hiittdm  oi'  the  .'IK  fathom  levid  we  s(>e,  at  the  rising- 
level,  or  winze,  an  interslratilied  hed  el'  copper  ore,  which  is 
cut  t'or  nine  feet  ill  thickness  without  iimling  its  limits.  'I'he 
di[)  of  the  strata  was  found  to  he  at  this  place  20  degrees 
north-east.  Xuiiierous  lenticular  masses  of  (|uarlz.  with  cop- 
per (U'es,  of  the  ]iurple  and  vit  reiuis  ,-pecies.  W(  i-e  also  oh- 
served. 

This  I'i-e  is  to  lie  cm-ried  up  to  the  10  fatlium  level,  and  will 
jiass  up  wilh  the  interstratilied  fed  of  ores.  At  the  20  IJithom 
level,  in  its  ea-tern  end.  the  sti'ula  were  I'o  ind  to  di[)  20  tleg. 
and  .">()  deg.  (Mgllt  or  ten  degree-;  West  of  nol'th.  ihere  heillg  a 
wavy  form  to  the  strata.  'i'he  inter>t  ratified  lied  was  ex- 
amined tor  the  extent  ot'  1,")  filhoms,  pieces  of  <ire  heiug 
freshly   luekeii  off  ;is  we   proccedeil, 

four   iiack-   can   here    he   siopeil.  I weiity-scviui   filhoms    in 

lieight.  one  of  20   fall is  and  lUie  ol     10  I'alhom^   in  length 

hcing  now  ojieiied.  'I'lu'  cii-l  of  this  le\ol  was  sixty  ilollars 
per  fathom, and  it  is  six  fei't  wide  and  seven  feet  high.  Four 
men  did  the  Work  on  contract.  One  hundreil  and  thiiiy-tive 
tons  of  three  iiml  a  iialf  pi'r  I'cnl.  rough  ore  was  raised  from 
this  work. 


TIio  west  I'liil  ul'  this  levi-l  is  ([uito  rich  in  copper  ore.  The 
(]i[)  (if  the  strata  Avas  ibiuid  to  ho  IVI  degrees. 

We  tlieu  rolluwed  a  winze  twentv-seven  fathoms  in  length. 
exten(hng  from  the  30  liithoni  h'Vcl.aml  also  e.\auiinc(l  a  tram- 
]-(»ad  in  the  saniclevel  fortransportatiouof  the  ores.  In  the  winze 
wo  saw  very  rich  ])nrple  copi)er  ore,  extending  ;]')  fathoms 
to  the  westward.  Six  miners  are  at  work  on  the  liea(h'ng  of 
this  winze,  on  a  contract  to  mine  it  for  $')8  per  fathom. 

Fanny  Kliza  Winze  Xo.  2  extends  northwardiv  nine  1  thorns, 
and  tho  Fanny  Kliza  Winze  Xu.  1,  which  is  worked  through, 
gave  50  tons  of  4;J  per  cent,  purple  copper  ore.  The 
course  of  the  strata  measured  here  X.  25  dog.  to  ;)0  cast,  and 
the  angle  of  dip  was  20  deg.  to  tho  north-west.  In  the  winze 
now  cutting  there  wore  six  miners,  who  have  contracted  to  do 
the  work  ior  ^70  per  fathom,  and  take  the  ore  up  to  the  shaft. 

At  the  bottom  of  the  shaft  I  found  the  strava  to  dip  25,  28 
and  .'.)0  (leg.  at  dilferent  points,  showing  a  wavy  structure  in 
the  rocks. 

On  impiiry,  the  underground  mining  captain,  Siiicock,  and 
the  present  superintendent,  ('apt.  Jxogan  (Mr.  \N'il]iams  be- 
ing in  I'lngland),  inlormed  me  tiiat  the  ([uantity  of  copper  ore 
raised  and  sold  during  the  past  year  was  from  :)7  to  100 
tons.  This  was  dressed  in  two  months.  The  yellow  ore 
averaged  twenty-three  and  tliree-(piarters  per  cent,  of  cop- 
per ;  the  purple  ore  averaged  forty-one  and  twenty-oiic  hun- 
dre(khs  per  cent.,  and  the  mean  tif  the  whole  was  thirty-livo 
and  ninety-live  hundredths  per  cent. 

'['he  mine  yie'ds  12  tons  per  I'athom  of  rough  ore,  yielding 
from  three  and  a  half  to  Ibur  per  cent,  of  copper,  but  the 
"  ii(>d   stull'"  and  '"veinorc!"  weri^  far  richer. 

Tlie  cost  per  ton  of  the  dressed  oie.  ready  fir  lunrkot,  was 
fi'oin  sll  to  sl2,  and  they  estimate  that,  when  th(>y  have  an 
abundance  of  water  for  washing,  the  cost  will  be  reduced  to 
§8  per  ton. 

Transportation  of  the  uvc,  packed  in  boxes,  to  Craig's  Koad 
Station  on  Ihii  I'aiiroad,  thirt}-two  iuiles.  is  at  present  !<'.)  per 
ton:  and  it  costs  but  s(l  ets.  per  Ion  to  cari'v  ilie  ore  from 
Craig's  Road  Station  to  'Quebec,  and  from  thence  to  Kngland 
the  freight  is  8;{.50  per  ton  only. 
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Transportation  of  the  ore  from  Craig's  Road  Station  to  Bos- 
ton is  estimated  at  8G  per  ton. 

The  pine  boxes  in  which  tlie  ore  is  packed  cost  twelve  and 
a  lialf  cents  each,  and  sell  for  the  same  price  in  England,  so 
that  they  really  cost  nothing.  These  boxes  contain  from 
300  to  -iOO  ponnds  of  ore,  according  to  its  density. 

There  are  now  empU)yed  in  this  mine  lifty  to  sixty  miners 
and  laborers,  the  miners  being  paid  !«;40  per  month,  and  the 
strikers  8--,  v^diile  the  "  grass  men  "  receive  but  75  cts.  per  day. 

Twenty  boys,  at  from  Is.  to  oO  cts.  i)er  day,  are  emiiloycd 
in  the  summer  at  the  dressing-house,  where  they  tend  the  jigs, 
buddies,  and  trunks,  and  also  pick  and  sort  the  ores. 

Tiio  machinery  and  dressingdiouses  contain  a  Cornish 
tubular  steam  engine  of  iiftecn  horse-power;  a  battery  of 
eight  heads  of  stampers;  a  crusliing  mill,  much  worn  ;  three 
iitra'in'i-  frames  ;  two  ties;  one  round  huddle  ;  two  dolly-tubs  ; 
six  trunks:  two  slime-i)its;  six  drags;  one  shaking-trunk; 
two  small  slime-pits,  and  one  fan-tail  or  A'  huddle. 

Besides  this  machinery,  the  Com])any  own  twenty  dwelling- 
houses,  which  are  occupied  by  iheir  workmen  and  various 
employes. 

Last  suunner,  in  two  months,  100  tons  of  .".G  ]hm-  cent. 
copper  ore  Avas  prepared  at  this  establishment  and  was  sent 
to  England.  One  thousand  tons  of  4  per  cent,  ore  is  now  on 
the  suriiice,  to  be  dressed.  'I'his  will  yield  10  tuns  of  copper 
at  least. 

li'  the  ore  is  stamped  it  costs  8'»  per  ton  to  do  the  work, 
the  battery  yielding  one  ton  of  stampeil  ore  per  hour.  The 
stampers  weigh  1G8  poiimis  each.  'J'he  steam  engine  has  a 
cylinder  twel\e  inclu's  in  diameter  and  is  e>timated  at  lilteen 
horse-power.  It  is  a  (.'oal-burner,  and  does  not  work  to  ad- 
vantiigc  with  wood  i'uel.  it  is  a  portabh,'  engine,  and  may  be 
removed  to  any  jilaci;  wliei'e  il  may  lie  needed.  'I'liree 
cords  of  w<iod  are  eonsumiMl  in  its  furnace  in  twenty-four 
hours,  costing  from  three  to  lour  sliilhngs  jier  cord. 

It  is  propostnl  to  lay  a  tram  road  from  this  mine  to  I'ahuer's 
lliver,  the  distance  being  oiily  one  mile  and  a  (piarlt  r,  an<l 
the    ground   i:'raduallv   descending. 


Then  all  the  ores  wil 


m 

be  carried  to  the  river  on  tl.is  road,  ami  be  dressed  where 
the  supply  of  water  is  abundant. 

The  ore  can  be  dressed  by  water  only  during  the  sprin-, 
summer  and  fall  months,  say  trom  May  to^  the  last  of 
-November. 

Heretofore  the  want  of  water  in  sufficient  quantities  has 
prevented  the  dressing  of  much  ore. 

There  are  some  other  sliafts  in  other  jiarts  of  Harvey  Hill 
mining-  district,  which,  owing  to  the  violent  storms  and  -reat 
depth  of  snow,  1  could  not  visit.  Thev  are  tlie  Fremont 
shaft,  21  fathoms  deep;  Harvey's  Hill,  11  fathoms  deep;  No. 
1  "Urass  shaft,"  15  fathoms  deep;  No.  2  "Grass  shaft,"  27 
fathoms  deep. 

On  Hairis's  lot,  two  miles  from  the  Harvey  Hill  ^m,  is  the 
Victoria  Mine,  whore  a  shaft,  11  fathoms  deep,  has  been  sii,,k 
in  a  coarse  soapstone  or  talcose  rock.  In  this,  native  gold  was 
found  associated  with  copper  glance,  and  carbonate  of  iron 
or  bi-own  spar. 

At  a  suitable  season  it  may  be  desirable  to  examine  all 
these  mines,  since  some  useful  information  may  be  obtained, 
applicable  to  your  mines,  and  to  the  region  generally.  They 
also  show  how  extensive  are  the  deposits  of  copper  ores  in  this 
region  of  the  country,  and  indicate  the  locality  as  truly  a 
mining  district. 

r>y  the  new  road  to  :Methot'3  :Mills,  now  in  course  of  forma- 
tion, the  distance  to  the  railway  will  be  reduced  to  21  miles  uf 
good  road,  which  will  reduce  the  cost  of  hauling  the  ores  to 
that  station  to  about  $J:.50  per  ton,  or  to  half  of  what  is  now 
paid. 

1  am  also  mlbrmed  that  water  povrer,  ailequatc  \r  nuving 
the  stanipingand  crushing  maclii-cry,  may  be  readily  .'i,tained 
on  I'almer's  U-iver,  at  the  jMiint  '•.here  the  prop.- >  ■!  tiani  road 
will  terminate,  'i'liis  will  rciluco  the  cost  of  <'-  •  ;g  the  ores 
V(My  eon^'deiably,  since  the  exiiensu  of  fnel  will  be  saved, 
and  also  atlendance  on  the  steam  engine,  with  all  its  costs. 

Fnini  a  consideration  of  all  the  data.  I  am  t»  upinmn  that 
the  l!arv>y  Hill  Mine  may  bo  wr.umht  at  a  largo  profit,  and 
that  the  sujijily  of  copper  ores  within  reach  of  mining  npera- 


tions   at  that  place  will  lio  enough  t<i  employ  miners  for  a 
groat  niinilier  of  years. 

If  the  ores  extend  to  an  unlimitoJ  depth,  the  mine  of  course 
Avill  prove  inexhaustlMe,  and  tlius  llir  the  ores  have  heen 
found  to  be  most  abundant  and  rich  in  the  lower  parts  of  the 
mine. 

CHARLES   T.  JACKSON,  M.D.. 

Geuloiji.st  ami  State  J.s-s'Ci'/cr. 


Boston,  February  26,  18G3. 


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in: 


STATISTICS. 

The  c()iisum])tion  oi  cojiikt  in  this  country  in  ordinary  years 
is  alxnit  25,000,000  pounds.  Last  year  it  was  nearly  forty  mil- 
lions of  pounds.  TIk!  home  consumption  in  other  countries  is 
estimated  as  follows,  viz. :  — 

.         .        GO.000,000  lbs. 


Kimland 


"0,000,000    " 
40,000,000    " 


France 
Germany     . 

Total  amount  consumed  by  the  four  nations,  amiually,  say  100 
millions  of  pounds.  Estimated  product  of  Laki'  S<ui)erior  likely 
to  reach  market  this  year,  12.oil().000  lbs.,  which  is  less  than 
half  the  amount  wc  consume  annually. 

The  average  price  for  refmed  ingot  copper  during  the  past 
twelve  years  has  been  as  follows,  per  pound  (^from  actual  re- 
sults) : — 

20  cts.       20 1  cts. 

1850  is,-,r 

2o^  cts.     205  cts. 

and  in  1S()2,  27  rents. 

At  present,  with  gold  atl4si,j()l)  lots  command  31  cents, 
?)2  cents  for  Lake  Superior  ingot. 

All  estimates  iu  the  foregoing  reports  arc  based  on  20  cents 
iu  specie. 


18.5^ 

iNj;! 

18,>l 

1JSU.J 

21|  cts. 

28  cts. 

20^  cts. 

27  cts. 

IS-jS 

1.S-.0 

l.sOO 

ISfll 

22{;  cts. 

22  cts. 

21  cts. 

20]  cts. 

CIIARTEE. 


ri^iu'i  1" 


'I'hc  ;iilv:iiitiip's  (if  ihc  tlillowlni;-  I>ill  or  t'liartcr  li-nnilcd  In-  tlio 
(  ,iii;i(liaii  (iiiM'i'iiuinil.  csjircsslv  with  a  \\rw  Id  tonnliiu-  a  Cum- 
]iaiiv  (if  Am  ricaii  (•a[)itali>ls,  will  lie  readily  ai>i)r('ciat('(l. 


Xo.  2:27.] 


15  ILL 


1H(58. 


An  Act  to  itirorporate  the  ILirrrij  Hill  Miniitii-  fi>i<l 
Smeltinn'  ComptDii/  of  Leeds,  iti  the  Countij  of  Mc- 
siuntic^  Cunuda  KuM. 

Whcn.'as.  tlic  jm'I'soiis  lieiviiiaftor  named  have,  Iiy 
|M'tki()u,  vc|nes(Mited,  that  cortaui  of  them  have  ao- 
(|nin'(l  and  hold  divers  valnahle  jjvopertics  and  miniiiii' 
riuiits,  and  liave  entered  into  eontraets  and  made 
ari'aiiiicments  at  mueli  rost  lor  prosiH'uting'  researches 
tor  mineral  ores  and  loeatioiis  I'avoralile  lor  mining'  in 
llie  County  of  Meu'antic  and  elsewhere  in  jjower 
Canaihi.  and  that  they  are  desirous  uniteiUy  and  with 
othi'rs  to  pi'oseeute  such  researches  and  carry  on  the 
husiness  of  mining  on  an  extensive  scale  in  Lower 
Canada,  hut  eaniiot  do  so  to  advanta.uo  unless  liy  the 
aiil  of  an  Act  of  incor|)oration,  and  have  therefore 
prayed  for  the  |iassini>'  of  an  Act  to  that  end;  and 
whereas  it  is  exjtcdient  that  such  i)rayer  Ix;  yraiited  : 

'riii'i'el'ori!,  ITcr  Majesty,  Ity  and  with  the  consent 
find  advice  of  the  Li\i:islative  Council  ami  AssemMy  of 
Canada,  enacts  as  follows: 


c.  ii,,nii..v,..n.  1.  James  Foley,  V>.'\vv  Clarke,  Lester  M.  Clark,  15. 
S.  Kolch  and  L.  A.  I'lunuucr,  l']s(juires,  touethei'  with 
all  such  other  persons  as  shall  hecome  shareholders  in 
the  C((ni|»any  herehy  constituted,  shall  he.  ami  they 
are  hen-liy  constituted  a  Itody  corporate  and  politic,  i>y 


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tln>   naiiic  of  tlir  ■•  Harvey  Hill    Mining-  iiud  Smclliiii;' 
Coinpaiiy  of  Leeds,  in  tin;  ("ouiitv  of  ^l(.'tiaiitic,  ('aiunhi 

2.  The  Coiiipaiiy  may  ciiLiap!  in  and  Inllow  lln' I'urt-u'K. 
liusincss  (if  eanyinii' on  ex|ilonitii)ns  for,  and  of  niiidnLi' 
fui',  findinu-  and  ii'('tiin,u'  coiiin'i-,  lc;id  and  otlici'  ores, 
metals  and  minerals  williin  the  limits  aforesaid,  and  of 
nianufaelni'inii',  dealinji'  in  and  disjiosinu'  of  sneh  ores, 
metals  and  minerals  ;  and  may  do  all  tliinus  necessary 
to  such  ends,  consistently  with  the  i'i,i:;hts  of  other 
jiai'ties.  and  with  the  condilions  of  aiv  title  under 
which  the  ('om[ianv  may  hold  tin;  hiiius  in  or  upon 
which  such  thinus  are  to  he  done. 

•).    'I'lie   Company  may,  i>y  any  le^i'id    title,  aciiuiui"  i!..ii  i»t;i 


and  1 


iol(     :iiy  land  or  minin<2'  necessary  nv  reiinisil*;  for 


the  carryinu'  on  n['  such  husiness.  not  exceedinu'  two 
tliousand  acres  in  su)ierlicies.  and  construct  and  main- 
tain such  Itnildiuiis  and  machinery  and  other  improve- 
ments tli(U'Con,  and  sell  and  ilispose  of  the  same, 
and  acipiire  others  in  their  stead,  as  the  Company 
mav  ilecni   for   its  ad\antaL:'e. 


4.    TIk;  Capital   Stock  ol'  the  Company  shall   he  the  lapjtii   <toak 
f;um  of  One  .Million  I^ollai's.  divided  into  'I'wo  Hundred 
■^riiousand    Shares   of   live    dollars  each,  and   nuiy  he 
increased   as  hereinafter  provided. 

.").  All  ealls  >\'  money  upon  llie  respective  sliare-'nH- 
liolders.  in  respei  ,  !'!'  such  stork,  shall  he  jiiiid  wln'ii, 
where,  and  as  the  l)ire(.'tors  of  the  Company  shall  from 
tiiiK;  to  lime  rcipiii'e,  in  confoiauity.  always,  with 
such  rules,  as  to  notice  or  otherwise,  as  the  hy-laws 
of  the  Company  may  ordain,  and  interest  shall  accrue 
and  fall  due,  at  the  rale  of  six  per  centum  per  annum, 
upon  the  amount  of  v\'i'v\  uiiftaid  call,  fnjxu  the  day 
ap])uiuted  for  paymeut  of  such  call. 


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raifr""""'"'^  <i.  The  ('(>iii|tany  may  oiifoi'co  invyinciit  of  siidi 
calls  iuid  iiiten'sl  by  iictiitii  in  any  competoat  Court 
of  law,  and  in  such  action  it  shall  not  hti  neccssiuy  to 
set  Ibrlii  the  sjK'cial  nialt(M',  but  it  shall  bt;  sulliciout 
to  (lei'lare  that  the  defendant  is  a  holdei'  of  one  share 
oi"  more,  statinji'  the  number  of  shares,  and  is  indebted 
in  the  sum  of  money  to  which  the  calls  hi  ari'ear 
amount,  in  res[»('ct  of  one  call  or  more  upon  one  sliarc 
Of  more,  stating'  the  numlier  of  su<'h  calls,  and  the 
amount  of  each,  whereliy  an  action  hath  accrued  to 
the  Company  under  this  Act,  and  a  certificate  under 
their  seal,  and  purporting'  to  be  sii^neil  by  any  ollicer 
of  the  Comiiany,  to  the'  effect  that  the  defendant  is  a 
shareholder,  and  that  sueli  call  or  calls  have  been 
made,  and  that  s(.)  nuich  is  due  by  him,  anil  unpaid 
thereon,  shall  be  received  in  all  Courts  of  law  as 
[iriiita  facie  evidence  to  that  effect. 

Forfeiture.  7.    If,  after  sucli  deiuaud  or  notice  as   by  Ity-Iaw  of 

the  Company  may  lie  [irescrilied,  any  call  made  u[)On 
any  sliare  or  shares  be  not  ])aid  within  such  time 
as  by  such  liy-law  may  lie  limittul  in  that  liehalf,  the 
i>irectors  in  their  discretion,  by  vote  to  that  eftl'ct, 
reciting'  the  facts  ami  duly  recorded  in  their  minutes, 
may  •<unmiarily  forfeit  any  shares  whereon  such  pay- 
ment is  not  made;  ami  the  same  shall  thereupon 
iiecdme  the  jiroperty  ol'  the  Company,  antl  may  be 
disposed  of  as  by  by-law  or  otherwise  Ihey  shall  ordain. 

stuck  personal  ''^.  The  stock  of  th(!  Com[iany  shaft  be  dceme(l  per- 
sonal (,'state,  and  shall  be  assiijnable  and  trau'^ferable 
in  such  manner  onlw  an<l  subject  to  all  such  condi- 
tions and  restrictions,  iis  shall  be  prcscrilicd  by  the  by- 
hiws  of  the  Comnanv. 


TriiusiVrs. 


It.  \o  share  shall  be  transferabli;  until  all  |ii'evious 
calls  thereon  lu.sc  been  fully  paid  in,  or  until  declared 
forfeited  for  non-payment  of  calls  tlii;reon. 


10.  If  the  said  amount  of  stock  l»o  IoiumI   iiisutVi-i'i'nnsp  ..r 
cieiit,  tlie  ('oin|iaiiy,  liy  ii  vote   of  not  less  tluia  two-    ''" " 
thirds,  at  any  tivnural  meeting  called  lor  that  puriiose. 

may,  I'rom  time  to  time,  increase  tlie  same,  (.'itiier  liy 
admission  of  new-  sliareliolders,  or  ollierwisc,  to  a  total 
amount  ol'  not  more  tlian  two  million  dollars;  and  in 
such  case,  the  new  stock  sliall  he  paid  in  ii]ioii  sucii 
conditions,  at  such  times  and  [ilaces,  and  in  such 
manner,  as  the  Company  at  such  meeting  shall  liiive 
ordained,  (U'  (indel'ault  of  express  provision  to  tiiaf 
en<l,  then  )  upon  such  conditions,  at  such  times  and 
lilaces,aud  in  such  manner  as  tiie  Directors  thereafter. 
I»y  by-law  or  otherwise,  shall  ordain,  and  such  new 
stock  shall  he  in  all  respects  ])art  of  tli(!  capital  stock 
of  the  Company  ;  and  u]ion  such  increase  (jf  their 
ca])ital  stock,  the  Com[)any,  for  tin;  purposv-s  tif  tln'ir 
business  only,  may  acquire  and  hold  r(;al  estate  to  a  • 
proportionately  increased  amount,  with  ]»ower  always 
to  sell,  lease,  or  otherwise  dispose  tliereof,  us  they  shall 
SCO  fit. 

11.  At  all  meeting's  of  the  Company,  every  sluuf- vi.t.!, 
holder,  not    being    in    arrear    in    respert  of  any  call. 
shall  ite  entitled  to  as  many  votes  as  lie  holds  shares  in 

the  stock  of  tlie  Compan\,  and  no  shareluilder  being  in 
arrear  shall  lie  entitled  to  vote,  and  all  votes  may  lie 
givi'U  in  ])i'i'S()n,  or  by  jiroxy  ;  provided  always  tin' 
proxy  be  held  liy  a  shareholder  not  in  arrear.  ami  be 
in  conformity  with  such  re(piirenients  as  the  by-laws 
of  the  (/omjtaii}'  may  prescribe,  and  not  otherwise. 


12.  The  alfairs  of  the  Company  shall  be  administi'i-- Duvoioi- 
ed  by  a  l5oard  (if  live  Directors,  being  severally  holders 
of  at  least  two  hundred  shares  of  stock,  who  shall  be 
elected  at  the  first  general  nu'cting,  and  theri'after  at 
each  annual  meeting  of  the  Company,  to  hold  ollice 
until  their  suceess(»rs  are  elected,  and  who  (if  other- 
wise (jualilietl)    may  always   lie   re-elected;  and   four 


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nionilK'i's  of  such  Hoard  prosont  in  person  or  l>y  jiroxy 
sliiill  liLi  a  (|iioruni  tlicrcof;  and  sni'li  Directors  may 
V(tt('  Ity  pi'oxy,  and  in  case  of  ihr,  dt-atii,  resignation, 
removal  or  dis(|ualili('alioii  of  any  Hireetor,  sneli 
l>oiir(i,  ir  tliey  see  lit,  may  till  llir  \aeaiii'y  until  tin' 
next  nnnuid  meeting  ol'  the  Company,  liy  appointing 
any  (|iudilie(l  slian-liolder  thereto. 

I'aiiiiri' to  fleet,  l)).  if  at  any  time  an  election  of  IMret  tors  he  not 
made  or  do  m)t  take  et'lect  at  the  pi'oper  time,  the  Cor- 
poration herehy  consliliiteil  sjiall  not  l»e  held  to  bo 
Ihcrehy  dissolved;  lint  such  election  may  take  place 
at  any  general  meeting  of  the  Company  duly  called 
for  that  purpose. 


nxtors, 


I'rovisionai  Hi-  14.  I'ntil  the  first  ch'ctlon  of  sucli  l)oard,  the  said 
James  Foley,  Peter  Chirk,  Lester  M.  Clark,  B.  S. 
Rotcli  and  L.  A.  Plununer  shall  he  the  I'rovisionai 
JJoard  of  Dii'ectors  of  the  Company,  with  |)o\vei'  to  lill 
vacancies  occurring  therein,  to  open  Stock-iiooks,  to 
assign  stock,  to  make  calls  thereon,  and  grant  certili- 
cates  and  receipts  therefor,  to  make  provisional  by- 
laws on  any  matters  admitting  of  regulation  under  this 
Act  hy  hy-law,  such  provisional  hy-laws  to  have  force 
until  the  lir>t  genei'al  meeting  of  the  Com])aiiy,  to 
convene  such  meeting,  and  to  do  all  other  ads  re(piire(l 
to  lie  done  in  order  to  the  organization  of  the  Com- 
pany and  the  conduct  of  its  affairs. 


I'fiwers   of 
Hoaril. 


1').  The  I'xiard  of  Directors  of  the  Company  shall 
have  full  power  in  all  things  to  administer  the  afliiirs 
of  the  Company,  and  may  make,  or  request  to  lie 
made,  any  description  of  contract  which  tlii'  Company 
may  hy  law  enter  into  ;  and  may  from  tinu'  t(j  lime  make 
hydaws  not  contrary  to  law,  to  regulate  the  making  of 
calls  on  slock,  the  pavnient  thereof,  the  issue  and  reg- 
istratioii  of  cei'tilicab's  of  stock,  the  forfeiture  of  stock 
for  non-payment,  the  disjiosal  of  Ibrfeited  stock  and  of 


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tlie  |.r.,rr.Mls  tlicvof,  (1,0  (ransi;.,-  of  stork,  ,1,,.  ,|,.rla- 
ml.o.,  :,ihI  |.,yin..nt  ..f  ,livi,ln„ls,  tli.-  n,.|M,i„tnu'nt, 
»>"i''ti..i,s,  duti.-s  i„Ml  iviM.nal  of  Mil  iiovnts,  otli.M.rs 
ami  ^'•'•v<'i.tsoril,,>('on,,,a..y,tlu.s..,..uritv.ol.,.  ..iv,,, 
I'.y  tli.'in  to  tl..;  Conii.uiy,  tlioii-  ivn.uiM-n.tioii,  nixl  tliat, 
('I  iin.v)  of  111."  |)i,.,.,'tors,  tl,..  ti.iM-nt  uhiH.  i.nd  tli.. 
I'liic.'    when.    t|„.    ;„„„„|    ,„„,    ,„,„,,,  ,„^,,.fi„„.^   ^,,.    „^^, 

<'<'"M•'l'^^^^ll^ll  l.r  hrhljl,.  ,;UHno.of  uio.tmo;s...,HM'al 
«>'«l  sp.rial,  of  the  |5o;,nl  of  DinM'tors.  ami  of  tlio 
Coiiipan/,  tlio  iv,|„i,vnRMits  as  to  proxies,  and  tlic  oro- 
cc.liiiv  m  all  tlini-s,  at  siid,  in.r(in<.-s,  fl„.  sito  .»f  tlicir 
cliiof  j.lacc  of  husiiicss.  and  of  any  oilier  oiri.M-s  uliicji 
they  may  re.niire  to  liave.  the  iniposiiion  and  ree.,very 

»•'  i'll  iK'nalties  and  forfeitnres  admiltino- ,,f  r nlatioii 

by  l.y-Iaw.  and  (]„>  eondu.-t  in  all  jnirtieulars  of  iho 
allan's  of  the  Company:  and  may  from  time  i,,iinio 
repeal,  amend,  or  re-enael  the  same;  hnt  every  snch 
I'v-hnv,  and  every  repeal,  amendment  or  re-enaetment 
tlu'reof,  unless  in  the  meantime  eonlirmed  at  a  s|MTial 
general  meet  in,;-- of  the  Company,  called  for  that  pur- 
pose, shall  only  have  Hare  until  the  n*'xt  annual 
meetin-  of  the  Company,  and  shall  rcpiire  to  bo 
coidirmed  thereat:  and  every  copy  ,,f  anv  hy-law 
under  the  seal  of  the  Company,  and"  purport  in-  to  i.o 
signed  hyanyoflieer  of  the  Company,  shall  he  received 
as  prima  facie  evidenee  of  sueh  hy  law,  in  all  Courts 
of  law. 


10.  Til  addition  (,.  the  ordinary  phuv  of  Imsiness  Asmdos. 
within  the  i'roviiHM^,  ihe  Conijiany  may  estahlish  and 
have  any  phiee  or  places  of  husiiiess  in  (!rea(  iJritaiu 
or  in  the  Cnited  Stat,-s  of  America  :  and  may,  at  any 
one  thereuf.  open  hooks  of  suliseriptioi,  for  (heir  stock, 
and  may  receive  there  suliseriptions  for  such  slock, 
transferahle  there  respectively,  and  may  make  all  in- 
stalments tli.uvon  to  he  called  in,  and  all  dividends 
thereon  to  be  declared  payal)le  there  resjiectively  :  and 
may  at  one  of  such  ])laces  of  business  order,  direct,  do 


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iiml  iiMiisiici  tlioir  nITiiirs  aiul  Itusiiioss  or  any  tlioroof, 
ill  such  Hiniiiifi'  iis  may  1m>  [hvsi-imImmI  hy  tlic  l>y-la\vs. 

•rru»t».  17,  'I'll,'  <\iiu|iuny  shall  not  III'  huiintl  to  s(M>  to  the 
.•xccution  of  any  trust,  whothci-  cxpniss,  iinitruMl  or 
('(Histnidivf,  ill  ivs|M'c.t  of  any  shaft's;  ami  the  receipt 
(if  ihe  [lersou  in  \vhos(^  name  the  same  shall  slaml  in 
till'  iMM.ks  of  till!  Company  shall  he  a  vali«l  and  l.ind- 
in;-'  dischar-^e  to  the  (Company  IWr  any  dividend  or 
monev  itayal)le  in  respect  of  such  shares,  and  whether 
(,r  nut  •■•oliec  (if  such  lni<t  shall  have  liei.-n  iiiveii  to 
the  ('(.Kipaiiy  ;  ami  tlie  Company  shall  not  lie  hound  to 
sec  to  the  ajiplicutinn  oC  the  money  paid  upmi  such 
receipt. 

i!,..p.,n-.,i„iit>  is.  The  shareholders  of  the  Company  shall  not,  as 
'-t. '^''"''■'"''''  Mich,  lie  held  responsilil.'  for  any  act,  default  orliahili- 
ly  whatsoever  of  the  Company,  or  for  any  enoaoviiu'iit, 
claim,  payment,  loss,  injury,  transaction,  matter  <ir 
thin-i'  whatsocvi'r,  rehitin^'  to  or  connected  with  the 
Companv,  heyond  the  amount  of  their  sliar(!s  in  the 
stock  thereof. 


<^inti';iofti, 
I'llrct  or. 


&'  ,      lit.    Kvery  contract,  au'reement,  eii^ativment  (U'  har- 

caiii  made,  and  every  hill  of  ('\clian<i'e  drawn,  accepted 

or   endorsed,  and  every   promissory   note   ;uid   chcipie 

n\ade.  drawn,  or  endorsed,  on  hehal'  of  the  Company, 

liy  any  a;.:cnt,  oiVicer  or   servan       '    <i'e  Conipany,  in 

P'ueral  accordance  with  his  |M.we,  ,  ;-    '..cli  under  tlu^ 

l.y-laws  of  the   ('(Mui.any,  shall  •  e    !  .-.iin.ii'  upon    the 

C.mipany:  a\id  in  no  case  shall  it  lie  ueci'ssary  to  have 

the  seal  of  the  Company  ailixed  to  any  such  contract, 

jioieemeiit,    enu'a'j.'ement ,    liariiain,   hill    of   exchaiea'e, 

promissory  note  or  cIkmiuc.  or  to  prove  tha,t  the  same 

was  made,  drawn,  accepted  or  endorsed,  as  the   case 

mav  he.  in  imrsuance  of  any  hy-law  or  special  vote  or 

order:  nor  shall  the  party  so  acting  as  agent,  oflicer,  or 

servant  of  the  (.'omi.any,  he  therdiy  sulijected  iiidivid- 


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lie 
or 


Uiilly  to  fiiiy  lialiility  wliatscovor  to  any  tliini  party 
tlici-crur :  |H'nviil('(l  fil\vay<,  tliat  iiutliiiit''  in  this  Act 
coiitaiiicil  siiiiU  ln'  coiisti'UiMl  to  aullioii/c  lin-  Coiii- 
paiiy  to  issui*  any  note  of  a  cliaractoi'  to  lie  ciicuUiUMl 
as  money  oi'  as  tlic  note  of  a  IJank. 


20.    Any  (Icscriiition  of  aotion   may  Im;  itrosccntcd  a.-iiohh. 
anil  maintainiMl  ln'twtMMi  tlii'  Company  and  any  sliai'f- 
lioliji'i"  tlici'cof.  and  no  sliari'lmiilri',  not  lnMnu'  liimscli' 
a  party  to  siidi  ai'lion,  shall  1"'  iuctinipi'tcni   as  a  wit- 
ness therein. 


21.    This  Act  shall  lie  deenuMJ  a  iiuhlie  Aet. 


rulilii:  Act. 


